Council Housing and Culture: The History of a Social ExperimentNamed 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? |
Contents
Poverty Respectability | 8 |
Housing for the Poor | 20 |
The Utopian Roots of Council Housing | 41 |
The Artistic Inspiration of Council Housing | 56 |
ChapterG Garden City to Council Estate | 67 |
PART II | 81 |
The Management of Council Housing | 111 |
Community on Council Estates | 137 |
Patterns of WorkingClass Life | 157 |
Estate Histories | 175 |
The Parameters at the Turn of the Century | 193 |
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Council Housing and Culture: The History of a Social Experiment Alison Ravetz No preview available - 2001 |