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House in the Country - Simon Matthews

House in the Country

Where Our Suburbs and Garden Cities Came From and Why it's Time to Leave Them Behind

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Buch | Softcover
256 Seiten
2022
Oldcastle Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-85730-495-7 (ISBN)
CHF 34,90 inkl. MwSt
For nearly 150 years living in a house in the country has been what many of us aspire to. This book explores how this idea was imported from the US by Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement, the impact it has had in the UK and why, on cost and environmental grounds, it's time to move on from this approach....
/'Anyone interested in the challenges of housing policy will want to read this methodical analysis of what went well and what did not over much of the last century/' - LORD HESELTINE

For nearly 150 years, living in a house in the country has been what many of us aspire to. This book explores how this idea was imported from the US by Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement, the impact it has had in the UK and why, on cost and environmental grounds, it/'s time to move on from this approach.

House in the Country examines the developments in urban planning and residential architecture from 1815 to the present day and considers the legacy of Howard's garden city movement in twenty-first century Britain.

An accessible and informative introduction, House in the Country presents a richly detailed narrative containing much historical, social and cultural commentary as well as interviews with key figures in this field.

Simon Matthews has had a varied career including a spell running the British Transport Films documentary film library and several years singing in semi-professional rock groups. He has contributed articles on music, film and cultural history to Record Collector, Shindig! and Lobster magazines. Psychedelic Celluloid, his illustrated history of UK music, film and TV between 1965 and 1974 was published by Oldcastle Books in 2016.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Work includes 16 pages of full colour illustrations
Verlagsort Harpenden, Herts
Sprache englisch
Maße 153 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Technik Architektur
ISBN-10 0-85730-495-X / 085730495X
ISBN-13 978-0-85730-495-7 / 9780857304957
Zustand Neuware
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