Alison Ravetz

Council Housing and Culture

The History of a Social Experiment

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Produktbeschreibung

Council Housing and Culture makes clear the importance of council housing to twentieth-century life and culture. A major thread through the work is the interaction of council housing with evolving working-class patterns and aspirations.

Produktdetails

• Planning, History and Environment Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 160mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780415239462
• ISBN-10: 041523946X
• Artikelnr.: 22040878

Autorenporträt

Alison Ravetz is Professor Emeritus of Leeds Metropolitan University, and has written extensively for more than 25 years on the history of housing, cities and planning.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. A Domestic Revolution: Poverty,
Respectability and Housing Reform. Chapter 3. Housing for the Poor. Chapter
4. The Utopian Roots of Council Housing. Chapter 5. The Artistic
Inspiration of Council Housing. Chapter 6. Garden City to Council Estate.
Part II Chapter 7. The Utopian Legacy. Chapter 8. The Management of Council
Housing. Chapter 9. 'Community' on Council Estates. Chapter 10. Patterns of
Working-Class Life. Chapter 11. Estate Histories. Part III Chapter 12.
Turning Points: The Parameters at the Turn of the Century.