Homes Fit for Heroes: The Politics and Architecture of Early State Housing in Britain

ISBN-13: 9781138360228 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 228 str.

Mark Swenarton

Opis

Originally published in 1981, Homes Fit For Heroes, looks at the pledge made by the Lloyd George Government to build ‘homes fit for heroes’. The book is the first major study of the provision and design of state housing following the 1918 Armistice.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations and Tables  Introduction  1. The Legacy of the Garden City Movement  2. Housing and the State Before 1914  3. The Wartime Housing Programme  4. The Drift of Policy 1916-19  5. A New Standard for State Housing  6. The Cabinet and the Housing Campaign  7. The Ministry and the Housing Campaign  8. House-Building in London and York  Conclusion  References  Index

O autorze

Mark Swenerton