Milton Keynes in British culture : imagining England / Lauren Pikó.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pikó, Lauren, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in modern British history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

New towns.

Milton Keynes (England)--History.

Milton Keynes (England).

New towns--England--Milton Keynes.

City planning--England--Milton Keynes.

England--Milton Keynes.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 218 pages :billustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :: Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"Milton Keynes, one of post war Britain's largest and most ambitious state projects has often been maligned, derided, mocked and dismissed in politics and in popular culture alike. By integrating the cultural reception of Milton Keynes into wider histories of British politics and popular culture, this book also provides a wider history of how the backlash against state planning was achieved through the development of a mythology of "the bad old days". Despite this, Milton Keynes has functioned as a stubborn testament to the progressive and radical visions of a post war state, a political alternative to the present which rejects nostalgic and neoliberal conservatism alike"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Milton Keynes in British history

Decline, status, and postwar landscapes

Landscape value in modern Britain

The plan for Milton Keynes, 1967-1972

The post-tower-block city? 1972-1975

Mirroring England, mirroring decline, 1976-1978

The Concrete Cows, 1978-1979

"You've never seen anything like it": the aspirational turn, 1979-1986

Milton Keynes and "the middle," c. 1980-1989

The wind-up: c.1986-1992

Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Pikó, Lauren, author. Milton Keynes in British culture

ISBN:

9780367000516

0367000512

OCLC:

1056202520