LEADER 03052oam 2200637I 450 001 9910450231103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-75777-1 010 $a1-280-28880-9 010 $a9786610288809 010 $a0-203-49642-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203496428 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247495 035 $a(EBL)200980 035 $a(OCoLC)437062561 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000247461 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11239582 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247461 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10195922 035 $a(PQKB)10113642 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200980 035 $a(PPN)198455003 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL200980 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10162509 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL28880 035 $a(OCoLC)252756630 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247495 100 $a20180706d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA social history of Milton Keynes $emiddle England/edge city /$fMark Clapson ; foreword by Jeff Rooker 210 1$aLondon ;$aPortland, Or. :$cFrank Cass,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (191 p.) 225 1 $aCass series--British politics and society,$x1467-1441 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7146-5524-4 311 $a0-7146-8417-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [180]-196) and index. 327 $aBook 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; Index 330 $aEstablished in 1967, Milton Keynes is England's largest new city and one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the UK. It is also a suburban city, genuinely liked and appreciated by most of its citizens.For many reasons, however, Milton Keynes is misunderstood, and its valuable recent lessons are mostly ignored in debates about national urban policy. This book discusses the popular and intellectual prejudices that have distorted understandings of the new city. A city is nothing without its people, of course, so Mark Clapson looks at who has moved to Milton Keynes, and discusses their exper 410 0$aBritish politics and society. 607 $aMilton Keynes (England)$xHistory 607 $aMilton Keynes (England)$xSocial life and customs 607 $aMilton Keynes (England)$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a942.5/91 700 $aClapson$b Mark.$0866843 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450231103321 996 $aA social history of Milton Keynes$92234157 997 $aUNINA