Building Jerusalem: Art, Industry and the British Millennium

by John Pick

Book Overview

A lively and provocative account of the arts in Britain, Building Jerusalem suggests that even after fifty years of state planning of Britain's "leisure industries" the country is nevertheless approaching the millennium in a state of cultural confusion. Drawing on a wealth of historical material from Scotland, Wales, and English provincial towns, as well as the more familiar London story, Pick and Anderton contend that the original meaning of cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9057024349
• ISBN13: 9789057024344
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"