Reconstructing modernity : Space, power and governance in mid-twentieth century British cities / / James Greenhalgh

• Autore: Greenhalgh James
• Pubblicazione: Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2018; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs
• Disciplina: 711.40942565
• Soggetto topico: Urban renewal; Cities and towns - Growth; Urban renewal - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Cities and towns - Great Britain - Growth - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Soggetto non controllato: Modernity; Planning; Rebuilding; Reconstruction; Social Housing; Urban Modernism
• Note generali: Previous edition issued in print: 2018.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Reconstructing modernity assesses the character of approaches to rebuilding British cities during the decades after the Second World War. It explores the strategies of spatial governance that sought to restructure society and looks at the cast of characters who shaped these processes. It challenges traditional views of urban modernism and sheds new light on the importance of the immediate post-war for the trajectory of planned urban renewal in 20th century. It examines plans and policies designed to produce and govern lived spaces - shopping centres, housing estates, parks, schools and homes - and shows how and why they succeeded or failed.
• Titolo autorizzato: Reconstructing modernity
• ISBN: 1-5261-1417-8; 1-5261-3606-6; 1-5261-1416-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910796727603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II