{"product_id":"london-bread-and-circuses-paperback","title":"London: Bread and Circuses - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Glancey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBread and circuses--free food and mass entertainment--was the name contemporary social observers gave to the ancient Roman practice of keeping the common people happy and rebellion-free. Jonathan Glancey, in this personal and passionate essay about the city he loves, suggests that the same unformulated policy is the means by which modern London's citizens are kept as apolitical and passively pleasure-loving as possible. But shops, restaurants and a few gorgeous buildings are, he maintains, a poor substitute for a creaking infrastructure, and London's cachet as a boisterously creative but well-run city will plummet if private vice is allowed to triumph over public virtue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Glancey\u003c\/b\u003e is Architecture and Design Editor of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, a position he previously held at the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e. An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, his previous books include \u003ci\u003eNew British Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwentieth Century Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 7.46 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47877582160093,"sku":"9781859844649","price":24.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/FFr_VB1vlt9781859844649.webp?v=1777884797","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/london-bread-and-circuses-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}