"This book is a history of the British built environment from the late nineteenth century to the present. Unlike other urban histories of Britain, the book shows how the city helped produce rather than merely reflect the major intellectual and ideological currents that transformed its recent hi...

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1. Verfasser:	Wetherell, Sam 1986- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press [2020]
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1900-2000 Stadtentwicklung Städtebau Wohnsiedlung Gewerbegebiet Großbritannien Architecture and society / Great Britain / History / 20th century Cities and towns / Great Britain / History / 20th century Sociology, Urban / Great Britain / History / 20th century ARCHITECTURE / General Architecture and society Cities and towns Sociology, Urban Great Britain 1900-1999 History Hochschulschrift
Online-Zugang:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Zusammenfassung:	"This book is a history of the British built environment from the late nineteenth century to the present. Unlike other urban histories of Britain, the book shows how the city helped produce rather than merely reflect the major intellectual and ideological currents that transformed its recent history. Each chapter of the book tells the story of a different type of urban space in Britain. The first part of the book traces the emergence of the industrial trading estate, the shopping center and the council estate. The second part shows how these three forms mutated into the private block of flats, the out-of-town shopping mall and the suburban office park. The story of these six forms touches on histories of criminology, histories of energy and heating, histories of consumerism and the history of housework and takes the reader to almost every major British city as well as to the United States, Singapore and the Britain's Empire in West Africa. Urban history in Britain has been dormant for too long and its hoped that this book will reignite the field. As the author explains, Foundations will be the first, comprehensive and academic history of Britain's modern built environment and thus will have a large and enduring readership both within and outside the academy"--
Beschreibung:	xii, 250 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 24 cm
ISBN:	9780691193755