The Blitz and its legacy : wartime destruction to post-war reconstruction / / edited by Mark Clapson, Peter J. Larkham

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
• Disciplina: 940.54/2121
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, German; Bombing, Aerial - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945 - Destruction and pillage; Bombing, Aerial - Social aspects - History - 20th century; Reconstruction (1939-1951)
• Soggetto geografico: London (England) History Bombardment, 1940-1941
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ClapsonMark LarkhamP. J <1960-> (Peter J.)
• Note generali: "First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The Blitz, its experiences, its consequences / Mark Clapson and Peter J. Larkham -- 2. La ville eventree : or, how bombing turned the city inside out / Lindsey Dodd -- 3. Holiday camps, castles and stately homes : the residential option for the evacuation of disabled children during World War II / Sue Wheatcroft -- 4. A service forged in the flames : the Blitz, wartime fire-fighting and the National Fire Service / Shane Ewen -- 5. Between destruction and reconstruction : London's debris clearance and repair organisation, 1939-1945 / Robin Woolven -- 6. The people's peace : the myth of wartime unity and public consent for town planning / Susanne Cowan -- 7. Reconstruction constraints : political and economic realities / Catherine Flinn -- 8. Destruction and dispersal : the Blitz and the 'break-up' of working-class London / Mark Clapson -- 9. Tradition and modernity : architecture in Japan after Hiroshima / Neil Jackson -- 10. Reconstruction civic authority in post-war Germany / Jeff M. Diefendorf -- 11. Bold planning, mixed experiences : the diverse fortunes of post-war Birmingham / David Adams and Peter J. Larkham -- 12. Planning the reconstruction of war-damaged Plymouth, 1941-1961 : devising and defending a modernisation agenda / Stephen Essex and Mark Brayshay -- 13. Destruction, revival and reconstruction across Alsace and Lorraine, 1939-1960 / Hugh Clout -- 14. Problems of blitz reconstruction in Japan : the case of Sendai / Junichi Hasagawa.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Blitz and its legacy
• ISBN: 1-351-89389-0; 1-138-27045-8; 1-315-24105-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154977503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II