Dennis Hardy

From Garden Cities to New Towns

Campaigning for Town and Country Planning 1899-1946

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a detailed record of one of the world's oldest environmental pressure groups, raising questions about the capacity of pressure groups to influence policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780415511735
• ISBN-10: 0415511739
• Artikelnr.: 57045895

Autorenporträt

Dennis Hardy

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. A context of
change. Organization of the book. The origins of a pressure group.
Formation of the Garden City Association. The idea of the garden city. 'A
peaceful path to real reform'. Choosing the ground, 1899-1914. Garden
cities and town planning. Organizing for pressure. The long campaign,
1914-1939. Campaigning and the great war. A glimpse of utopia. Coming of
age. Town and country. North and south. The campaign reviewed. Corridors of
power, 1939-1946. Vision of Jerusalem. Propaganda and politics. Britain in
1945. Evaluation. Looking back. Making policy. Shaping planning history.
Appendix: Main events from the formation of the Garden City Association to
the New Town Act. Bibliography. Index.