Entrée principale:

Meller, Helen E. (Helen Elizabeth), 1941-

Titre et auteur:

Towns, plans, and society in modern Britain / prepared for the Economic History Society by Helen Meller.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Description:

vi, 138 pages ; 23 cm

Série(s):

New studies in economic and social history

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-131) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Understanding cities: the impact of mass urbanisation -- 3. Ideals and experiments in modern urban living, 1860-1914 -- 4. Town planning in a free society: the interwar period -- 5. The golden age of planning: 'building the better Britain', 1942-1965 -- 6. Crisis of identity for cities and town planners, 1965-1979 -- 7. Thatcherism and cities: the new context for planners -- 8. Economic imperatives and urban regeneration: a new culture of cities? -- Appendix. timeline of significant dates.

Résumé:

In this concise survey, Helen Meller aims to explore the interaction of the social and physical environment of cities, and examines how, and why, the urban environment has changed over the past two centuries.

Ressources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521572274 (hb)
9780521572279 (hb)
052157644X (pb)
9780521576444 (pb)

Sujet:

City planning Great Britain History 20th century.
Cities and towns Great Britain History 20th century.
Urbanization Great Britain History 20th century.
Urban renewal Great Britain History 20th century.
Villes Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Urbanisation Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Rénovation urbaine Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Cities and towns
City planning
Urban renewal
Urbanization
Stadtplanung
Stadsplanning.
Stadscultuur.
City planners Great Britain 20th century.
Urbanisation Grande-Bretagne 20e siècle.
Villes Rénovation Grande-Bretagne 20e siècle.
Urbanisme Grande-Bretagne 20e siècle.
Villes Grande-Bretagne 20e siècle.
Geschichte 1860-1997.
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Grande-Bretagne Conditions sociales 20e siècle.
Planning History Interaction Social Physical Environment British Urban Historical Cultural Factors Regeneration

Classification/genre:

History

Vedettes secondaires:

Economic History Society.
New studies in economic and social history.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 192134
Cote: ID HT169.G7.M47; ID:97-B3232
Statut: Disponible