Foundations : how the built environment made twentieth-century Britain / Sam Wetherell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wetherell, Sam, 1986- author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Standardized Title:

Pilot zones

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and society--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Architecture and society.

City planning--Great Britain--History--20th century.

City planning.

Sociology, Urban--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Sociology, Urban.

Industrial districts--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Industrial districts.

Shopping centers--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Shopping centers.

Housing--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Housing.

Business parks--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Business parks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 250 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This is a history of twentieth-century Britain told through the rise, fall, and reinvention of six different types of urban space: the industrial estate, shopping precinct, council estate, private flats, shopping mall, and suburban office park. Sam Wetherell shows how these spaces transformed Britain's politics, economy, and society, helping forge a midcentury developmental state and shaping the rise of neoliberalism after 1980.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Industrial Estate

2. The Shopping Precinct

3. The Council Estate

4. The Private Housing Estate

5. The Shopping Mall

6. The Business Park

7. Conclusion: The Burden of Obsolescence

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2021).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691208558

0691208557

OCLC:

1198929681