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Book Synopsis
An original study seeking to challenge the negativity associated with council estates. It will be of interest not only to historians but to anyone interested in housing, housing policy, and key issues in urban studies. -- .

Table of Contents

1. Introduction and orientation
2. The delayed birth of the Whitley Estate
3. Building a community during the 1930s
4. Whitley at War
5. New beginnings: postwar expansion
6. Social change, social problems and social action in postwar Whitley
7. Leisure and the limits of social exclusion
8. Whitley and the wider world
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 2/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719079511, 978-0719079511
      ISBN10: 0719079519

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An original study seeking to challenge the negativity associated with council estates. It will be of interest not only to historians but to anyone interested in housing, housing policy, and key issues in urban studies. -- .

      Table of Contents

      1. Introduction and orientation
      2. The delayed birth of the Whitley Estate
      3. Building a community during the 1930s
      4. Whitley at War
      5. New beginnings: postwar expansion
      6. Social change, social problems and social action in postwar Whitley
      7. Leisure and the limits of social exclusion
      8. Whitley and the wider world
      Bibliography
      Index

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