The British market hall
Subtitle: a social and architectural history
By: James Schmiechen and Kenneth Carls.
Contributors: Carls, Kenneth.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Markets -- England -- History.; Food supply -- England -- History.; Commercial buildings -- England -- History.; Public spaces -- England -- History.; City and town life -- England -- History.
Description: The story of Britain's market halls - built to replace traditional open-air markets throughout England, Wales, and Scotland - is a tale of exuberant architecture, civic pride, and attempts at social engineering. This book is the first history of the market hall, an immensely important building type that revolutionized the way Britons obtained their consumer goods.

James Schmiechen and Kenneth Carls investigate the economic, cultural, political, and social forces that led to the construction of several hundred market buildings in the two centuries after 1750.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-240) and index.