Working-class Housing in 19th Century Britain
Author: John Nelson Tarn
Publisher: London : Lund Humphries for the Architectural Association
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 118
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John Nelson Tarn
Publisher: London : Lund Humphries for the Architectural Association
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 118
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Richard Rodger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995-09-14
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780521557863
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Why did slums and suburbs develop simultaneously? Did the capitalist system produce these, and were class antagonisms to blame? Why did the Victorians believe there was a housing problem, and who or what created it? What housing solutions were attempted, and how successfully? These are amongst the central questions addressed by social and urban historians in recent years, and their arguments and analyses are reviewed here. The history of housing between 1780 and 1914 encapsulates many problems associated with the transition from a largely rural to an overwhelmingly urban nation. The unprecedented pace of this transition imposed immense tensions within society, with implications for the urban environment and for local and national government. Housing is central to an understanding of the social, economic, political and cultural forces in nineteenth-century history; this book is an ideal introduction to the topic.
Author: Enid Gauldie
Publisher:
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 378
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The book deals with the pre-industrial background in which housing problems are rooted, with the decay of towns and the unsuccessful attempts to better their condition by public health reforms, by charitable agencies and by building societies; and with legislative action in Parliament towards housing reform."--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Stanley D. Chapman
Publisher: David & Charles
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 320
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Compilation of social research papers on historical aspects of urban area housing and living conditions in respect of low income industrial workers in the UK - includes information on urbanization, the standard of living, population trends, rural migration, the construction industry, medical care, slum neighbourhoods, employment, wages and rents, etc., in london, glasgow, leeds, nottingham, birmingham, liverpool and ebbw vale. References and statistical tables.
Author: Robert A.M. Stern
Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC
Published: 2013-12-03
Total Pages: 1073
ISBN-13: 1580933262
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Paradise Planned is the definitive history of the development of the garden suburb, a phenomenon that originated in England in the late eighteenth century, was quickly adopted in the United State and northern Europe, and gradually proliferated throughout the world. These bucolic settings offered an ideal lifestyle typically outside the city but accessible by streetcar, train, and automobile. Today, the principles of the garden city movement are once again in play, as retrofitting the suburbs has become a central issue in planning. Strategies are emerging that reflect the goals of garden suburbs in creating metropolitan communities that embrace both the intensity of the city and the tranquility of nature. Paradise Planned is the comprehensive, encyclopedic record of this movement, a vital contribution to architectural and planning history and an essential recourse for guiding the repair of the American townscape.
Author: Benno Engels
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2021-01-15
Total Pages: 477
ISBN-13: 1498585450
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Using a neo-Marxian perspective, Benno Engels examines the absence of urban planning in nineteenth-century England. In his analysis of urbanization in England, Engels considers the influences of property owners, inheritance laws, local government structures, fiscal crises of the local and central state, shifts in voter sentiments, fluctuating economic conditions, and class-based pressure group activity.
Author: Richard Dennis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1986-07-17
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780521338394
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the first full-length treatment of nineteenth-century urbanism from a geographical perspective, Richard Dennia focuses on the industrial towns and cities of Lancashire, Yorkshire, the Midlands and South Wales, that epitomised the spirit of the new age.
Author: John Benson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2003-08-22
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 0857718002
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Who made up the working class in Britain, who were the ordinary men and women and what were their aspirations? The first generation of postwar British labour historians tended to be preoccupied with working class activism. This texts attempts to chart not only this struggle, but to describe and analyse the rich and varied tapestry of working-class history as a whole. It demonstrates that "class" both existed and mattered although ordinary men and women had diverse lives and lifestyles. Professor Benson examines work, wages, incomes and the cost of living, family, kinship and community relations and the individual in the context of nation and class.