03137oam 22006014a 450 991096739760332120200402172132.09781526122605152612260X9781526122599152612259610.7765/9781526122599(CKB)4100000007746054(MiAaPQ)EBC5720096(OCoLC)1088722895(MdBmJHUP)muse77792(DE-B1597)659639(DE-B1597)9781526122599(Perlego)1526978(EXLCZ)99410000000774605420190829d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierArchitectures of survivalAir war and urbanism in Britain, 1935–52 /Adam PageBaltimore, Maryland :Project Muse,2019Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE, 2019©20191 online resource (254 pages)9781526122582 1526122588 Includes bibliographical references and index.In the next war: the future of cities and the future of war -- Planning a 'militant peace': air raid precautions for peace and for war -- Cities under fire: the 'new blitz reality' -- Seeing cities through bombsights: urban geographies of war after 1945 -- A 'peace that is no peace': reconstruction, defence and development in town and country -- Conclusion: war without limits.Architectures of survival is an original and innovative work of history that investigates the relationship between air war and urbanism in modern Britain. It asks how the development of airpower and the targeting of cities influenced perceptions of urban spaces and visions of urban futures from the interwar period into the Cold War, highlighting the importance of war and the anticipation of war in modern urban history. Airpower created a permanent threat to cities and civilians, and this book considers how architects, planners and government officials reframed bombing as an ongoing urban problem, rather than one contingent to a particular conflict. It draws on archival material from local and national government, architectural and town planning journals and cultural texts, to demonstrate how cities were recast as targets, and planning for defence and planning for development became increasingly entangled.UrbanizationGreat BritainHistory20th centuryPublic spacesGreat BritainHistory20th centuryAir warfareHistory20th centuryAir powerGreat BritainHistory20th centuryElectronic books. UrbanizationHistoryPublic spacesHistoryAir warfareHistoryAir powerHistory358.4094109041Page Adam1966-1805984MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910967397603321Architectures of survival4354877UNINA