The Happy Colony [and] Hygeia : A City of Health
by Pemberton, Robert; Benjamin Ward Richardson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0824062795
- ISBN 13
- 9780824062798
- Seller
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Garland Publishing. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. 0824062795 . Slight wear. Crisp hardcover.; Facsimile reprints of The Happy Colony / Robert Pemberton, originally published London: Saunders and Otley 1854, and Hygeia : A City of Health / Benjamin Ward Richardson, originally published London: Macmillan 1876. Pemberton's work proposes a utopian settlement in New Zealand for the working class without private property. Richardson, a prominent physician and sanitarian, proposes what a city should be if sanitary science were advanced in a proper manner. Victorian views of utopian ideal cities influenced the development of town planning in England. ; The Rise Of Urban Britain; 217, (2), 47, 3 ad pages .
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- Bookseller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15154
- Title
- The Happy Colony [and] Hygeia : A City of Health
- Author
- Pemberton, Robert; Benjamin Ward Richardson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0824062795
- ISBN 13
- 9780824062798
- Publisher
- Garland Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 0824062795, Garden Cities, Utopian Community, Town Planning, Owenite Socialism, Sanitary Conditions, Public Health, Victorian Era
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
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- Facsimile
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- Fine
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- Crisp
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