An awkward size for a town: a study of Swindon at the 100,000 mark.

Main entry:

Hudson, Kenneth.

Title & Author:

An awkward size for a town: a study of Swindon at the 100,000 mark.

Publication:

Newton Abbot (Devon), David & Charles, 1967.

Description:

212 pages frontispiece, 12 plates, maps, tables 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
The character of the town -- Post-war policy and achievement -- A benevolent councillocracy -- The trade unions -- The general employment structure -- The major employers -- A hundred men at Pressed Steel -- 100 families on the Covingham estate -- Adults' spending power & spending habits -- Earning and spending 15-21 -- The grammar-school output -- Commuting in Swindon -- Eating and drinking -- Crime and delinquency -- Swindon's foreign-born immigrants -- Social and welfare organisations.

Subject:

Economic history.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Geschichte
Stadtentwicklung
Swindon (Wiltshire, England) Economic conditions.
Swindon (Wiltshire, England) Social conditions.
Swindon (Wiltshire, England) Politics and government.
England Swindon (Wiltshire)
Swindon

Holdings:

Location: Library main 21010
Call No.: W10103; ID:87-B8064
Status: Available

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