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Book SynopsisBritain in 1946 witnessed extraordinary episodes of direct action. Tens of thousands of families walked into empty army camps and took them over as places to live. A nationwide squatters' movement was born and it was the first challenge to the 1945 Labour government to come 'from below'.
Trade Review"...The definitive account of these events and, very usefully, the aftermath. The judgements are carefully made and convincingly argued." (Emeritus Professor James Hinton, University of Warwick)
Table of Contents: Introduction; Housing for the Working Class: Politics and Resources; War, Peace and Requisitioning: Housing and Politics during the Second World War; 'Refugees from overcrowding': The Squatting Movement Begins; 'We were solid as a brick wall': Responses and Organisation; The 'Luxury Squatters': Occupying Empty Mansions; 'Such Desperate Need for Accommodation': Conditions, Costs and Priorities; Squatters and the Housing Lists: The Politics of Allocation; Conclusion.
