A social history of Milton Keynes : middle England/edge city / / Mark Clapson ; foreword by Jeff Rooker

• Autore: Clapson Mark
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Disciplina: 942.5/91
• Soggetto geografico: Milton Keynes (England) History; Milton Keynes (England) Social life and customs; Milton Keynes (England) Social conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-196) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Established 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
• Titolo autorizzato: A social history of Milton Keynes
• ISBN: 1-135-75776-3; 1-135-75777-1; 1-280-28880-9; 9786610288809; 0-203-49642-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783642803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: British politics and society.