03051nam 2200649 a 450 991097500180332120251116175015.01-135-75776-31-135-75777-11-280-28880-997866102888090-203-49642-610.4324/9780203496428 (CKB)1000000000247495(EBL)200980(OCoLC)437062561(SSID)ssj0000247461(PQKBManifestationID)11239582(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247461(PQKBWorkID)10195922(PQKB)10113642(Au-PeEL)EBL200980(CaPaEBR)ebr10162509(CaONFJC)MIL28880(OCoLC)252756630(MiAaPQ)EBC200980(PPN)198455003(EXLCZ)99100000000024749520030822d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA social history of Milton Keynes middle England/edge city /Mark Clapson ; foreword by Jeff RookerPortland, OR Frank Cassc20041 online resource (191 p.)Cass series--British politics and society,1467-1441Description based upon print version of record.0-7146-5524-4 0-7146-8417-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-196) and index.Book Cover; History; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Foreword; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology of Events; Abbreviations; 1 Welcome to Milton Keynes; 2 Where Did Milton Keynes Come From?; 3 The Suburban City Takes Shape; 4 North Bucks and the New City; 5 Who Moved to Milton Keynes?; 6 Settling In; 7 The Unsettled: Social Problems in a Suburban City; 8 Sociability and Social Action in the Space Station City; 9 Conclusion; References; IndexEstablished in 1967, Milton Keynes is England's largest new city and one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the UK. It is also a suburban city, genuinely liked and appreciated by most of its citizens.For many reasons, however, Milton Keynes is misunderstood, and its valuable recent lessons are mostly ignored in debates about national urban policy. This book discusses the popular and intellectual prejudices that have distorted understandings of the new city. A city is nothing without its people, of course, so Mark Clapson looks at who has moved to Milton Keynes, and discusses their experBritish politics and society.Milton Keynes (England)HistoryMilton Keynes (England)Social life and customsMilton Keynes (England)Social conditions942.5/91Clapson Mark866843MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910975001803321A social history of Milton Keynes4496216UNINA