Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing
| Book | Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 2018 |
| Author | John Boughton |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | UK |
| Copyright | 2018 |
| Pages / Font | 330 pages |
| Barcode | 9781784787394 |
| ISBN | 978-1-78478-739-4 |
| Chapters | Introduction 1
1 'How to Provide Housing for the People': Origins 7
2 'The World Of the Future': The Interwar Period 31
3 'If Only We Will': Britain Reimagined, 1940-51 61
4 'The Needs of the People': Council Housing, 1945-56 86
5 'Get These People Out of the Slums': 1956-68 108
6 'Anti-Monumental, Anti-Stylistic, and Fit for Ordinary People' : 1968-79 139
7 'Rolling Back the Frontiers of the State': 1979-91 169
8 'Thrown-Away Places': 1991-7 196
9 'A Different Kind of Community': 1997-2010 219
10 'People Need Homes; These Homes Need People': 2010 to the Present 252
Acknowledgements 289
Illustration Credits 291
Notes 293
Index 319 Introduction 1
1 'How to Provide Housing for the People': Origins 7
2 'The World Of the Future': The Interwar Period 31
3 'If Only We Will': Britain Reimagined, 1940-51 61
4 'The Needs of the People': Council Housing, 1945-56 86
5 'Get These People Out of the Slums': 1956-68 108
6 'Anti-Monumental, Anti-Stylistic, and Fit for Ordinary People' : 1968-79 139
7 'Rolling Back the Frontiers of the State': 1979-91 169
8 'Thrown-Away Places': 1991-7 196
9 'A Different Kind of Community': 1997-2010 219
10 'People Need Homes; These Homes Need People': 2010 to the Present 252
Acknowledgements 289
Illustration Credits 291
Notes 293
Index 319 Show all ▾ |