Working-Class Housing in England between the Wars - The Becontree Estate (Hardcover)

This book presents an important episode in the twentieth-century history of the United Kingdom: the largest public housing scheme ever undertaken in Britain (and at the time of its planning, in the world). Built between 1921 and 1934, the London County council's Becontree Estate housed over 110.000 people in 25,000 dwellings. Andrzej Olechnowicz discusses the early years of the estate, looking in detail at the philosophy behind its construction and management policies, and showing how it eventually came to be denigrated as a social concentration camp exemplifying all the political dangers of a mass culture. He investigates life on the estate, both through an appraisal of the facilities provided and , as far as possible, through the eyes of the inhabitants, using interviews with surviving tenants from the inter-war period. Thus he is able to show how high rents excluded many families in greatest housing need, and how tenants found it difficult to adjust to the costs of suburban living. This is a wide ranging study that deals with both the `nuts and bolts' of mass housing, with ideas on citizenship and the creation of communities.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford Historical Monographs
Release date:	1997
Authors:	Andrzej Olechnowicz (Tutorial Fellow)
Dimensions:	224 x 145 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-820650-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Welfare & benefit systems Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	0-19-820650-X
Barcode:	9780198206507

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