Council Housing and Culture Planning History and the Environment 1st Edition by Alison Ravetz 0415239451 9780415239455
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ISBN 10: 0415239451
ISBN 13: 9780415239455
Author: Alison Ravetz
Named one of the Top 10 books about council housing – the Guardian online Born of idealism, and once an icon of the Labour movement and pillar of the Welfare State, council housing is now nearing its end. But do its many failings outweigh its positive contributions to public health and wellbeing? Alison Ravetz here provides the first comprehensive and apolitical history from which to arrive at a balanced judgement. Drawing on the widest possible evidence, from tenant and government records to the built environment itself, she tells the story of British council housing, from its seeds in Victorian reactions to ‘the Poor’, in philanthropy and model villages, Christian and other varieties of socialism. Her depiction of council housing in its mature years shows the often bizarre persistence of ‘utopian’ attitudes (whether in architectural design or management styles); its rise to a monopoly position in working-class family housing; the many compromises consequent on its state finance and local authority control; and the impact on working-class lives as an intellectuals’ ‘utopian dream’ was converted into a social policy for the masses.
Table of contents:
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: A Domestic Revolution
Chapter Three: Housing for the Poor
Chapter Four: The Utopian Roots of Council Housing
Chapter Five: The Artistic Inspiration of Council Housing
Chapter Six: Garden City to Council Estate
Chapter Seven: The Utopian Legacy
Chapter Eight: The Management of Council Housing
Chapter Nine: ‘Community’ on Council Estates
Chapter Ten: Patterns of Working-Class Life
Chapter Eleven: Estate Histories
Chapter Twelve: Turning Points: The Parameters at the Turn of the Century
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