From garden cities to new towns : compaigning for town and country planning, 1899-1946
Hardy, Dennis
From garden cities to new towns : compaigning for town and country planning, 1899-1946 - London Spon Press 2011 - xii,340p. - Studies in history planning and the environment 13 .
CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgements xi Abbreviationsxii 1. Introduction : a context of change organization of the book 1 2. THE ORIGINS OF A PRESSURE GROUP Formation of the Garden city Association The Idea of the Garden City A Peaceful Path to Real Reform 16 3 CHOOSING THE GROUND 1899 - 1914 Garden Cities and Town Planning Organizing for Pressure36 4. 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 114 5. CORRIDORS OF POWER , 1939 - 1946 Vision of Jerusalem Propaganda and politics Britain in 1945 240 6. EVALUATION Looking Back Making Policy Shaping Planning History 294 Appendix Main Events from the Formation of the Garden City Association to the New Towns Act317 Bibliography 319 Index 334
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From garden cities to new towns : compaigning for town and country planning, 1899-1946 - London Spon Press 2011 - xii,340p. - Studies in history planning and the environment 13 .
CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgements xi Abbreviationsxii 1. Introduction : a context of change organization of the book 1 2. THE ORIGINS OF A PRESSURE GROUP Formation of the Garden city Association The Idea of the Garden City A Peaceful Path to Real Reform 16 3 CHOOSING THE GROUND 1899 - 1914 Garden Cities and Town Planning Organizing for Pressure36 4. 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 114 5. CORRIDORS OF POWER , 1939 - 1946 Vision of Jerusalem Propaganda and politics Britain in 1945 240 6. EVALUATION Looking Back Making Policy Shaping Planning History 294 Appendix Main Events from the Formation of the Garden City Association to the New Towns Act317 Bibliography 319 Index 334
0415511739
711.4 / HAR