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Mark Swenarton

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Description:Why did the Lloyd George Government, in the months following the Armistice of 1918, pledge itself to build 'homes fit for heroes'?This book, which answers this question, is the first major study of the provision and design of state housing in this crucial period. The municipal garden suburbs of the 1920s — which even today house nearly one family in twenty — were completely different from the traditional forms of working-class housing. Instead of being packed onto the ground in long terraces, the houses were set in spacious gardens surrounded by trees and open spaces, and inside — in terms of the number of rooms and the level of services — they included luxuries unheard-of in the working class house of the past.Dr. Swenarton shows that, in the turbulent period following the First World War, the British Government launched the housing campaign as a way of persuading the troops and the people that their aspirations would be met under the existing system, without any need for revolution. He shows that the design of the houses, based on the Tudor Walters Report, was a central element in this strategy: the large and comfortable houses provided by the state intended as visible evidence of the arrival of a 'new era for the working class of this country'.The result is a book that, by looking in detail at this formative period, throws new light on the relationship between design, ideology and the state in general. Mark Swenarton's analysis reveals the inadequacies of the consumptionist approach to the study of urban questions associated with Manuel Castells, and emphasizes the ideological functions of state policy. It pinpoints the role played by design in in the working of ideology, and shows how design — the 'silent testimony of inarticulate objects — contributes to the maintenance of social cohesion by the state.The book will have a wide general interest, and will appeal equally to historians, architects, planners, designers and sociologists. Readers concerned with theoretical debates over state housing policy will find as much of vital interest as those primarily concerned with the architecture of housing or with the survival of the British state through the political crisis of 1918-21.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Homes fit for heroes: The politics and architecture of early state housing in Britain. To get started finding Homes fit for heroes: The politics and architecture of early state housing in Britain, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Why did the Lloyd George Government, in the months following the Armistice of 1918, pledge itself to build 'homes fit for heroes'?This book, which answers this question, is the first major study of the provision and design of state housing in this crucial period. The municipal garden suburbs of the 1920s — which even today house nearly one family in twenty — were completely different from the traditional forms of working-class housing. Instead of being packed onto the ground in long terraces, the houses were set in spacious gardens surrounded by trees and open spaces, and inside — in terms of the number of rooms and the level of services — they included luxuries unheard-of in the working class house of the past.Dr. Swenarton shows that, in the turbulent period following the First World War, the British Government launched the housing campaign as a way of persuading the troops and the people that their aspirations would be met under the existing system, without any need for revolution. He shows that the design of the houses, based on the Tudor Walters Report, was a central element in this strategy: the large and comfortable houses provided by the state intended as visible evidence of the arrival of a 'new era for the working class of this country'.The result is a book that, by looking in detail at this formative period, throws new light on the relationship between design, ideology and the state in general. Mark Swenarton's analysis reveals the inadequacies of the consumptionist approach to the study of urban questions associated with Manuel Castells, and emphasizes the ideological functions of state policy. It pinpoints the role played by design in in the working of ideology, and shows how design — the 'silent testimony of inarticulate objects — contributes to the maintenance of social cohesion by the state.The book will have a wide general interest, and will appeal equally to historians, architects, planners, designers and sociologists. Readers concerned with theoretical debates over state housing policy will find as much of vital interest as those primarily concerned with the architecture of housing or with the survival of the British state through the political crisis of 1918-21.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Homes fit for heroes: The politics and architecture of early state housing in Britain. To get started finding Homes fit for heroes: The politics and architecture of early state housing in Britain, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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