Municipal dreams : the rise and fall of council housing
Boughton, John
Municipal dreams : the rise and fall of council housing - New York Verso 2019 - iv,330p.
Contents
Introduction 1
1 'How to Provide Housing for the People': Origins 7
2 'The World of the Future': The Interwar Period 31
3 'If Only We Will': Britain Reimagined, 1940-51 61
4 'The Needs of the People': Council Housing, 1945—56 86
5 'Get These People Out of the Slums': 1956-68 108
6 'Anti-Monumental, Anti-Stylistic, and Fit for Ordinary People': 1968-79 139
7 'Rolling Back the Frontiers of the State': 1979-91 169
8 'Thrown-Away Places': 1991-7 196
9 'A Different Kind of Community': 1997-2010 219
10 'People Need Homes; These Homes Need People': 2010 to the Present 252
Acknowledgements 289
Illustration Credits 291
Notes 293
Index 319
9781784787400
363.5 / BOU
Municipal dreams : the rise and fall of council housing - New York Verso 2019 - iv,330p.
Contents
Introduction 1
1 'How to Provide Housing for the People': Origins 7
2 'The World of the Future': The Interwar Period 31
3 'If Only We Will': Britain Reimagined, 1940-51 61
4 'The Needs of the People': Council Housing, 1945—56 86
5 'Get These People Out of the Slums': 1956-68 108
6 'Anti-Monumental, Anti-Stylistic, and Fit for Ordinary People': 1968-79 139
7 'Rolling Back the Frontiers of the State': 1979-91 169
8 'Thrown-Away Places': 1991-7 196
9 'A Different Kind of Community': 1997-2010 219
10 'People Need Homes; These Homes Need People': 2010 to the Present 252
Acknowledgements 289
Illustration Credits 291
Notes 293
Index 319
9781784787400
363.5 / BOU