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Arcade Britannia

Arcade Britannia

Arcade Britannia

A Social History of the British Amusement Arcade

by Alan Meades

ISBN: 9780262544702

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 25, 2022

The story of the British amusement arcade from the 1800s to the present.
World’s End

World's End

World's End

by Charlie Gere

ISBN: 9781913380007

Publisher: Goldsmiths Press

Pub Date: March 29, 2022

A memoir and cultural history of World's End, a West London area once home to bohemian artists and punk rock and now an outpost of neoliberalism.
London’s Lost Rivers

London's Lost Rivers

London's Lost Rivers

A Walker's Guide

by Tom Bolton

ISBN: 9781907222856

Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

Pub Date: February 4, 2020

Tracking eleven rivers beneath London that have been culverted, placed in tunnels, or diverted into the sewer system.
I Hate the Lake District

I Hate the Lake District

I Hate the Lake District

by Charlie Gere

ISBN: 9781912685110

Publisher: Goldsmiths Press

Pub Date: October 8, 2019

An alternative view of the North West of England that delves into its stranger past.
Pagan’s Progress

Pagan's Progress

Pagan's Progress

A Ge-Ography Primer

by Michael Dames

ISBN: 9781907222498

Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

Pub Date: January 12, 2018

A newly ancient vision of the English landscape from one of its most revered mythographers.
England’s Hidden Reverse

second edition'>England's Hidden Reverse, second edition

England's Hidden Reverse

A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground

by David Keenan

ISBN: 9781907222177

Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

Pub Date: June 30, 2017

Obsessively researched biographies of the three seminal music groups Coil, Current 93, and Nurse With Wound that also illuminates the history of the English underground scene.
The Undertaker at Work

The Undertaker at Work

The Undertaker at Work

by Brian Parsons

ISBN: 9781907222283

Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

Pub Date: May 7, 2015

A comprehensive historical survey of the work of undertakers in the first half of the twentieth century, essential reading for anyone interested in understanding an often hidden but certainly most fascinating trade.
Vanished City

Vanished City

Vanished City

London's Lost Neighbourhoods

by Tom Bolton

ISBN: 9781907222290

Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

Pub Date: December 8, 2014

Telling the stories of ten areas of London—some of the city's most famous, and infamous neighbourhoods—which have disappeared from the A-Z.
Broadcasting Buildings

Broadcasting Buildings

Broadcasting Buildings

Architecture on the Wireless, 1927-1945

by Shundana Yusaf

ISBN: 9780262026741

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 28, 2014

How the BBC shaped popular perceptions of architecture and placed them at the heart of debates over participatory democracy.
Progressive Enlightenment

Progressive Enlightenment

Progressive Enlightenment

The Origins of the Gaslight Industry, 1780-1820

by Leslie Tomory

ISBN: 9780262016759

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 2, 2012

An argument that the gas industry was the first integrated large-scale technological network and that it signaled a new wave of industrial innovation.
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