{"product_id":"reconstruction-9781350152946","title":"Reconstruction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt has taken nearly a hundred years for the history of interwar British architecture to be discussed widely in an even-handed and pluralistic manner. \u003ci\u003eReconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e takes a significant step towards mapping the territory and demonstrating how it can be done. * Alan Powers, London School of Architecture, UK *\u003cbr\u003eLooking beyond the well-known architectural icons of the 20s and 30s, this detailed examination of many previously overlooked buildings of a key period, gives a broader understanding of architectural practice and richly demonstrates the ways in which the study of architecture can reveal and tell complex stories about a rapidly changing society. * Catherine Croft, Director of C20 Society, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of figures List of contributors Foreword: Towards Narratives of Modernity \u003ci\u003eAfter \u003c\/i\u003eReconstruction – \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Darling\u003c\/i\u003e Acknowledgements  \u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eNeal Shasore and Jessica Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSection I: Promoting the Business of Architecture\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction - \u003ci\u003eNeal Shasore and Jessica Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e I: Criticism: The Architectural Press and the Public - \u003ci\u003eJessica Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e II: Professionalism: The American Influence on British Architectural Practice - \u003ci\u003eH Horatio Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e III: Regulation: The New London - \u003ci\u003eEileen Chanin\u003c\/i\u003e IV: Development: Speculative Office Development and Public Sector Tenants - \u003ci\u003eJonathan Clarke\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSection II: Designing Community Infrastructure\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction - \u003ci\u003eNeal Shasore and Jessica Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e V: Community Centre: New Housing Estates in Scotland - \u003ci\u003eAlistair Fair\u003c\/i\u003e VI: Public House: The Carlisle Experiment and the Improved Public House - \u003ci\u003eJulian Holder\u003c\/i\u003e VII: Parish: Democratic Participation in Suburban Parish Churches - \u003ci\u003eClare Price\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSection III: Building a Rural Citizenry\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction - \u003ci\u003eNeal Shasore and Jessica Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e VIII: Yeoman: Land Settlement and Cottage Small Holdings - \u003ci\u003eRebecca Preston and Joanna Smith\u003c\/i\u003e IX: Veteran: Annabel Dott and Colonial, Metropolitan and Rural Communities - \u003ci\u003eElizabeth McKellar\u003c\/i\u003e X: Student: Henry Morris and the First Village Colleges - \u003ci\u003eKieran Mahon\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSection IV: Binding Subjects through Statecraft\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction - \u003ci\u003eNeal Shasore\u003c\/i\u003e XI: Citizenship: Welfare and the Democratic State in Percy Thomas’s Civic Architecture - \u003ci\u003eRobert Proctor\u003c\/i\u003e XII: Memory: Sir Herbert Baker, Rhodes House and the Architecture of Memory - \u003ci\u003eGeoffrey Tyack\u003c\/i\u003e XIII: Diocese: Cairo Cathedral and the Politics of Liberal Anglican Church Design - \u003ci\u003eDavid Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSection V: Wedding Peace with Well-Being\u003c\/b\u003e XIV: Sickness: Advances in British Hospital Design after the First World War - \u003ci\u003eHarriet Richardson Blakeman\u003c\/i\u003e XV: Health: Democracy, Diversity, Dispersal - \u003ci\u003eBarry Doyle\u003c\/i\u003e  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529218171223,"sku":"9781350152946","price":104.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350152946.jpg?v=1731874760","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reconstruction-9781350152946","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}