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Labour in the Suburbs - Political Change in Croydon During the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
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Labour in the Suburbs - Political Change in Croydon During the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History
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This book is the first comprehensive economic, social and political
study of the London suburb of Croydon from 1900 up to the present
day. One of the largest London boroughs, Croydon, has always been a
mixed residential suburb (mainly private but with some municipal
housing), which has strongly influenced the nature of its political
representation. It was never just an affluent middle-class suburb
or ‘bourgeoise utopia,’ as suggested by traditional definitions
of suburbia and in popular imagination. In economic terms it was
also an industrial suburb after 1918. It was then transformed into
a vibrant post-industrial service economy following rapid
deindustrialisation and remarkable commercial and office
redevelopment after 1960. In this respect Croydon is also an
ex-industrial suburb, similar to many other outer London areas and
other peripheral metropolitan areas. Croydon’s civic identity as
a previously independent town on the outskirts of London remains
unresolved to this day, even as its political representatives seek
to redefine the borough as a more independent ‘Edge City.’
Author Michael Tichelar examines this suburb by looking at the
suburban development of London, the changing politics of Croydon
and policy issues during the twentieth century. Labour in the
Suburbs will be of interest to the general reader as well as
students of modern British history with special interests in
electoral sociology, political representation and suburbanisation.
It provides a template against which to measure the process of
suburbanisation in the UK and internationally.
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