Ramsden Committee
- Proposals for an international exhibition to
celebrate the centenary of the Great Exhibition of 1851 were made as early as 1943, and in 1945 a committee under Lord Ramsden was appointed by the Department of Overseas Trade to consider schemes.
Corn Laws - The Corn Laws were trade laws designed to protect cereal producers in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland against competition from less expensive foreign imports between 1815 and 1846. More simply, to ensure that British landowners reaped all the financial profits from farming, the corn laws (which imposed steep import duties) made it too expensive for anyone to import grain from other countries, even
of famine).
Zeitgeist
- The Zeitgeist (spirit of the age or spirit of the time) is
the intellectual fashion or dominant school of thought which typifies and influences the culture of a particular period in time. For example, the Zeitgeist of modernism typified and influenced architecture, art, and fashion during much of the 20th century.
Abbreviations ACE - Arts Council England BT - Board of Trade LCC - London County Council RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects RSA - Royal Society of Arts AR - Architectural Review AJ - Architects’ Journal
Glossary
Transforming national identity & legacy through British expositions
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