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Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London Gian Luca Amadei

Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London By Gian Luca Amadei

Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London by Gian Luca Amadei


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This book explores how Victorian cemeteries were the direct result of the socio-cultural, economic, and political context of the city, and were part of a unique transformation process that emerged in London at the time.

Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London Summary

Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London: Spatial Consequences to the Reordering of London's Burials in the Early 19th Century by Gian Luca Amadei

This book explores how Victorian cemeteries were the direct result of the socio-cultural, economic and political context of the city, and were part of a unique transformation process that emerged in London at the time. The book shows how the re-ordering of the city's burial spaces, along with the principles of health and hygiene, were directly associated with liberal capital investments, which had consequences in the spatial arrangement of London. Victorian cemeteries, in particular, were not only a solution for overcrowded graveyards, they also acted as urban generators in the formation London's suburbs in the nineteenth century. Beginning with an analysis of the conditions that triggered the introduction of the early Victorian cemeteries in London, this book investigates their spatial arrangement, aesthetics and functions. These developments are illustrated through the study of three private Victorian burial sites: Kensal Green Cemetery, Highgate Cemetery and Brookwood Cemetery. The book is aimed at students and researchers of London history, planning and environment, and Victorian and death culture studies.

Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London Reviews

Cemeteries form an important but largely overlooked part of our environment. Dr. Amadei's text examining the changing landscape surrounding three nineteenth century cemeteries broadens our understanding of their influence and relationship to other buildings such as houses, church, hospitals, industrial workings and railways. Nobody with an interest in London's history and also cemetery studies should be without this ground-breaking and well-researched publication.

Dr. Brian Parsons, Independent researcher, London

Victorian cemeteries attract attention from a range of disciplines. This book widens the field by examining three important London cemeteries and the suburbs that came to surround them through the lenses of town planning and urban history. By highlighting complex and multi-faceted urban and social intersections, Amadei establishes the significance of negotiating meaningful relationships between the living and the dead.

Professor Hilary J Grainger OBE, Emerita University of the Arts London

About Gian Luca Amadei

Gian Luca Amadei is an independent academic researcher, design journalist and lecturer at the Royal College of Art in London.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Health

1.1 - Metropolitan Sepulchre

1.2 - Overcrowding

1.3 - Ordering the Dead

Chapter 2 - Identity

2.1 - Landscapes of Remembrance

2.2 - The Business of Burying the Dead

2.3 - Architecture and Legacy

2.4 - Rational Minds

Chapter 3 - Suburbs / Kensal Green

3.1 - Metropolitan Picturesque

3.2 - Testing Ground

3.3 - A New Suburb

Chapter 4 - Suburbs / Highgate

4.1 - The Village at the Edge of the Metropolis

4.2 - Gravestones and Vistas

4.3 - New Hospitals and Clean Air

Chapter 5 - Suburbs / Brookwood and Woking

5.1 - Waterways and Brick Yards

5.2 - Cemetery and Town

5.3 - New Century, New Beginning

5.4 - The Woking Residential Estates

5.5 - Conclusions

Chapter 6 - Rethinking

6.1 - Open Spaces

6.2 - New Alternatives to Earth Burial

6.3 - Future Visions

6.4 - Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Additional information

NPB9781032015163
9781032015163
1032015160
Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London: Spatial Consequences to the Reordering of London's Burials in the Early 19th Century by Gian Luca Amadei
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Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2021-12-20
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