{"product_id":"dreamstreets-9780099584636","title":"Dreamstreets","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty years ago, Jacqueline Yallop was leading guided walks at Nenthead, one of a network of model' villages which sprang up across Britain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A life-long fascination was born.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Scotland's New Lanark Mills to the Arts and Crafts cottages of Port Sunlight, Yallop visits these utopian experiments to explore their rich histories. Looking at everything from sewage systems to sculpture, chocolate to coal, and free trade to electoral emancipation, this book is a personal exploration of why and how these village utopias came about, what they tell us about the past, and how they still resonate with us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompelling * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a fascinating book, a glimpse through the keyhole of homes that turn out to be stages set for a performance. -- Lucy Lethbridge * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eIntriguing... The descriptions of place, surface and mood are sharp and tangible * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating study of how human life is moulded and shaped by big money. It is…sobering. -- Charlie Gilmour * Independent On Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eProvides valuable food for thought. -- Gillian Tindall * Literary Review *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732315091287,"sku":"9780099584636","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099584636.jpg?v=1719996381","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dreamstreets-9780099584636","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}