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Towns, plans, and society in modern Britain
- Title
- Towns, plans, and society in modern Britain / prepared for the Economic History Society by Helen Meller.
- Author
- Meller, Helen E. (Helen Elizabeth), 1941-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HT169.G7 .M47 1997 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Economic History Society.
- Description
- vi, 138 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- In this concise survey, Helen Meller aims to explore the interaction of the social and physical environment of cities, and examines how, and why, the urban environment has changed over the past two centuries.
- Series Statement
- New studies in economic and social history
- Uniform Title
- New studies in economic and social history.
- Subject
- Geschichte 1860-1997
- 1900-1999
- City planning > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Cities and towns > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Urbanization > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Urban renewal > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Villes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Urbanisation > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Rénovation urbaine > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Cities and towns
- City planning
- Urban renewal
- Urbanization
- Stadtplanung
- Stadsplanning
- Stadscultuur
- City planners > Great Britain > 20th century
- Urbanisation > Grande-Bretagne > 20e siècle
- Villes > Rénovation > Grande-Bretagne > 20e siècle
- Urbanisme > Grande-Bretagne > 20e siècle
- Villes > Grande-Bretagne > 20e siècle
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-131) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Understanding cities: the impact of mass urbanisation -- 3. Ideals and experiments in modern urban living, 1860-1914 -- 4. Town planning in a free society: the interwar period -- 5. The golden age of planning: 'building the better Britain', 1942-1965 -- 6. Crisis of identity for cities and town planners, 1965-1979 -- 7. Thatcherism and cities: the new context for planners -- 8. Economic imperatives and urban regeneration: a new culture of cities? -- Appendix. timeline of significant dates.
- ISBN
- 0521572274
- 9780521572279
- 052157644X
- 9780521576444
- LCCN
- 97000493
- OCLC
- ocm36186501
- 36186501
- SCSB-8936657
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library