Focusing on the house-building boom of the interwar years, when Britain became a nation of homeowners, this book investigates the ways in which ordinary people expressed new class and gender identities through the design, architecture and decoration of their homes.
Focusing on the house-building boom of the interwar years, when Britain became a nation of homeowners, this book investigates the ways in which ordinary people expressed new class and gender identities through the design, architecture and decoration of their homes.
Deborah Sugg Ryan is Professor of Design History and Theory, and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Portsmouth. She is also a contributor for BBC2's A House Through Time.
Inhaltsangabe
1 The interwar house: ideal homes and domestic design 2 Suburban: class, gender and homeownership 3 Modernisms: 'good' design and 'bad' design 4 Efficiency: labour-saving and the professional housewife 5 Nostalgia: the Tudorbethan semi and the detritus of empire 6 Afterword: modernising the interwar ideal home Index
1 The interwar house: ideal homes and domestic design 2 Suburban: class, gender and homeownership 3 Modernisms: 'good' design and 'bad' design 4 Efficiency: labour-saving and the professional housewife 5 Nostalgia: the Tudorbethan semi and the detritus of empire 6 Afterword: modernising the interwar ideal home Index
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