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The Cambridge Guide To The Arts In Britain
''The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain'', later republished as ''The Cambridge Cultural History of Britain'', is a guide to the arts in Britain from Prehistory to the post Second World War period. It was edited by Boris Ford and published in nine volumes by Cambridge University Press between 1988 and 1991. The Guide ''The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain'', is a guide to the arts in Britain from Prehistory to the post Second World War period. It was edited by Boris Ford and published in nine volumes by Cambridge University Press between 1988 and 1991. Ford was a graduate of Cambridge University and had been Education Secretary to the Cambridge University Press in 1957-58. He had experience of editing large multi-volume works, having previously edited the '' Pelican Guide to English Literature'' in seven volumes (1954–61), and the new edition of that guide issued from 1982 to 1988. The guide was an ambitious attempt to give a picture of the arts as a whole in each ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge Guide To The Arts In Britain Vol
Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county. It is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within a county and the place where the county's members of Parliament are elect ... in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age. The first Town charter#Municipal charters, town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951. The city is most famous as the home of the University of Cambridge, which was founded in 1209 and consistently ranks among the best universities in the world. The buildings of the u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
