Peter J. Larkham

The Blitz and its Legacy

Wartime Destruction to Post-War Reconstruction
Herausgeber: Clapson, Mark

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Produktbeschreibung

The Blitz and Its Legacy is a fascinating volume which includes war experiences of destruction, architecture, urban design, the political process of planning and reconstruction, and also popular perceptions of rebuilding. Its findings provide very timely lessons which highlight the value of learning from historical precedent. Drawing together leading scholars and new researchers from across the fields of planning, history, architecture and geography, this volume presents an historical and cultural commentary on the immediate and longer-term impacts of wartime destruction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 220mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9781138270459
• ISBN-10: 1138270458
• Artikelnr.: 57045853

Autorenporträt

Peter J. Larkham, Mark Clapson

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: The Blitz
its experiences
its consequences
Mark Clapson and Peter J. Larkham; La ville éventrée: or
how bombing turned the city inside out
Lindsey Dodd; Holiday camps
castles and stately homes: the residential option for the evacuation of disabled children during World War II
Sue Wheatcroft; A service forged in the flames: the Blitz
wartime fire-fighting and the National Fire Service
Shane Ewen; Between destruction and reconstruction: London's Debris Clearance and Repair Organisation 1939-1945
Robin Woolven; The people's peace: the myth of wartime unity and public consent for town planning
Susanne Cowan; Reconstruction constraints: political and economic realities
Catherine Flinn; Destruction and dispersal: the Blitz and the 'break-up' of working-class London
Mark Clapson; Tradition and modernity: architecture in Japan after Hiroshima
Neil Jackson; Reconstruction civic authority in post-war Germany
Jeffry M. Diefendorf; Bold planning
mixed experiences: the diverse fortunes of post-war Birmingham
David Adams and Peter J. Larkham; Planning the reconstruction of war-damaged Plymouth
1941-1961: devising and defending a modernisation agenda
Stephen Essex and Mark Brayshay; Destruction
revival and reconstruction across Alsace and Lorraine
1939-1960
Hugh Clout; Problems of blitz reconstruction in Japan: the case of Sendai
Junichi Hasegawa; Index.