Family and kinship in east London / Michael Young and Peter Willmott.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Young, Michael Dunlop, 1915-2002, author.

Contributor:

• Willmott, Peter, 1923-2000.

Series:

• Routledge Revivals
• Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Families--England--London.
• Kinship--England--London.
• East End (London, England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1957 ,and reprinted with a new introduction in 1986, Michael Young and Peter Willmott's book on family and kinship in Bethnal Green in the 1950s is a classic in urban studies. A standard text in planning, housing, family studies and sociology, it predicted the failure in social terms of the great rehousing campaign which was getting under way in the 1950s. The tall flats built to replace the old 'slum' houses were unpopular. Social networks were broken up. The book had an immediate impact when it appeared - extracts were published in the newspapers, the sales were

Contents:

• pt. 1. Kinship in Bethnal Green
• pt. 2. Families on the move.

Notes:

• "Reprinted with a new introduction in 1986 by Routledge & Kegan Paul"--T.p. verso.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

• 1-136-62616-6
• 0-203-80234-9
• 1-283-88543-3
• 1-136-62617-4

OCLC:

823389415