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Author: David Littlejohn (Professor, Graduate School of Journalism, Professor, Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 18.40cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 25.90cm
Weight: 0.471kg
ISBN: 9780195088762
ISBN 10: 019508876
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 22 May 1997
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
this chatty and eminently readable book ... proves to be based on a remarkably extensive range of visits to English country houses and conversations with their owners ... Littlejohn gives an admirably lucid account of what has happened to country houses since the beginning of the second World War and a well-informed assessment of the challenges which they present to their modern owners. * London Review of Books * the book is well worth reading * Bob Kindred, Context 55 September 1997 * Mr Littlejohn's clear-eyed approach is helped by a proper historical perspective. * The Economist (UK) * supremely impressive guide to this fascinating territory * Adam Nicolson, Evening Standard (London) * This is a wide ranging study of the many options available to owners of such houses, enlivened by comments by people who live, run, or used to live in such splendid piles. * Victoria Ellis, Darlington & Stockton Times * indispensable for students of the history of 20th-century institutions concerned with the heritage * The Times Higher Education Supplement *
Mr. Littlejohn's approach to the subject is refreshingly pragmatic. One can debate the political correctness of choosing an elitist symbol for an entire nation's heritage, but it's much more interesting to consider, as he does, the real problems and real expedients of those who find themselves, by inheritance or purchase, custodians of even the most insignificant historic building. --The Wall Street Journal
indispensable for students of the history of 20th-century institutions concerned with the heritage The Times Higher Education Supplement This is a wide ranging study of the many options available to owners of such houses, enlivened by comments by people who live, run, or used to live in such splendid piles. Victoria Ellis, Darlington & Stockton Times supremely impressive guide to this fascinating territory Adam Nicolson, Evening Standard (London) Mr Littlejohn's clear-eyed approach is helped by a proper historical perspective. The Economist (UK) the book is well worth reading Bob Kindred, Context 55 September 1997 this chatty and eminently readable book ... proves to be based on a remarkably extensive range of visits to English country houses and conversations with their owners ... Littlejohn gives an admirably lucid account of what has happened to country houses since the beginning of the second World War and a well-informed assessment of the challenges which they present to their modern owners. London Review of Books
""Mr. Littlejohn's approach to the subject is refreshingly pragmatic. One can debate the political correctness of choosing an elitist symbol for an entire nation's heritage, but it's much more interesting to consider, as he does, the real problems and real expedients of those who find themselves, by inheritance or purchase, custodians of even the most insignificant historic building.""--The Wall Street Journal
Author Information
About the Author: David Littlejohn is a novelist, critic, and Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, and a cultural correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. The most recent of his eleven previous books are Architect: The Life and World of Charles W. Moore and The Ultimate Art: Essays Around and About Opera.
