A Social History of Milton Keynes

Middle England/Edge City

Mark Clapson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2004
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7146-8417-8 (ISBN)

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This book discusses the prejudices that have distorted understandings of the city of Milton Keynes and focuses upon the original thinking that went into the planning of Milton Keynes.

Established in 1967, Milton Keynes is England's largest new city and one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the UK. It is also a suburban city, genuinely liked and appreciated by most of its citizens.
For many reasons, however, Milton Keynes is misunderstood, and its valuable recent lessons are mostly ignored in debates about national urban policy. This book discusses the popular and intellectual prejudices that have distorted understandings of the new city. A city is nothing without its people, of course, so Mark Clapson looks at who has moved to Milton Keynes, and discusses their experiences of settling in. He also confronts the common myth of the new city's soullessness with an account of community and association that emphasizes the strength of social interaction there.

Clapson, Mark

Chapter 1 Welcome to Milton Keynes; Chapter 2 Where Did Milton Keynes Come From?; Chapter 3 The Suburban City Takes Shape; Chapter 4 North Bucks and the New City; Chapter 5 Who Moved to Milton Keynes?; Chapter 6 Settling In; Chapter 7 The Unsettled: Social Problems in a Suburban City; Chapter 8 Sociability and Social Action in the Space Station City; Chapter 9 Conclusion;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.2.2004
Reihe/Serie	British Politics and Society
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-7146-8417-1 / 0714684171
ISBN-13	978-0-7146-8417-8 / 9780714684178
Zustand	Neuware