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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779457603321

Autore

Young Michael Dunlop <1915-2002., >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-62616-6

0-203-80234-9

1-283-88543-3

1-136-62617-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Altri autori (Persone)

WillmottPeter <1923-2000.>

Disciplina

301.42

306.85094215

392

Soggetti

Families - England - London

Kinship - England - London

East End (London, England)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Reprinted with a new introduction in 1986 by Routledge & Kegan Paul"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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