A history of English glassmaking; AD43-1800.0752431315 A history of English glassmaking; AD43-1800. Willmott, Hugh Tempus Publishing 2005 208 pages $40.00 Paperback NK5102 For academics and general readers, Wilmott (archaeology archaeology (ärkēŏl`əjē) [Gr.,=study of beginnings], a branch of anthropology that seeks to document and explain continuity and change and similarities and differences among human cultures. , U. of Sheffield, UK) presents a broad introduction to glassmaking in England from its Roman roots to the technological changes at end of the eighteenth century. He discusses the nature and formation of glass, glass during the medieval period, immigrant and entrepreneurial en·tre·pre·neur n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise. glassworkers during the sixteenth century, and the role of scientists and industrialists, with b&w and color photos of artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. , in addition to diagrams. Distributed in the US by Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square, in Westminster, London, England, named for Lord Nelson's victory at the battle of Trafalgar. The statue surmounting the Nelson memorial column (185 ft/56 m high) was sculpted (1840–43) by E. H. Baily. Publishing. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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