This book focuses on peoples' post-war experiences as they were rehoused from overcrowded and unsanitary Victorian slums, to new high rise estates built on vacant sites within the city and on its periphery.
This book focuses on peoples' post-war experiences as they were rehoused from overcrowded and unsanitary Victorian slums, to new high rise estates built on vacant sites within the city and on its periphery.
Lynn Abrams is Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow. Her research focuses on the modern history of gender relations, the practice and theory of oral history and the social and cultural history of modern Scotland. Ade Kearns is Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow. He has published widely on housing, neighbourhoods and community cohesion and led the GoWell programme, a long-term study of the impacts of regeneration in Glasgow. Barry Hazley is Derby Fellow in the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool and Research Fellow on a project examining Northern Irish migrants during the Troubles in Great Britain. His research focuses on the social and cultural history of modern Britain and Ireland. Valerie Wright is a historian of modern Britain with expertise in gender, social and political history. She is currently Research Fellow in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Introduction: The fluctuating fortunes of high rise Embracing high rise in the post-war period Retreat from high rise Removal and return of high rise A retrospective study of the postwar high rise experience 2. Inside: making homes - privacy and communality Modern family homes Modern interiors Space and adaptation Consumption, décor and taste Privacy versus communality Maintenance and security Conclusions 3. Outside: Surviving and Thriving on Estates Estate planning, amenity and social life Life on the periphery: a lack of foresight Miracle in the Gorbals? City centre living 'You've to go into the city': social facilities Children and play: 'nae use for the bairns' Safety and delinquency Places to play Conclusions 4. Communities: Identity, Change and Neighbourly Relations Eventless places? Neighbourly interactions on high rise estates Narratives of community loss and decline New neighbourly relations Conclusions: retelling the history of community life 5. Conclusions: plural histories of multi-storey living Bibliography
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: The fluctuating fortunes of high rise
Embracing high rise in the post-war period
Retreat from high rise
Removal and return of high rise
A retrospective study of the postwar high rise experience
Inside: making homes - privacy and communality
Modern family homes
Modern interiors
Space and adaptation
Consumption, décor and taste
Privacy versus communality
Maintenance and security
Conclusions
Outside: Surviving and Thriving on Estates
Estate planning, amenity and social life
Life on the periphery: a lack of foresight
Miracle in the Gorbals? City centre living
'You've to go into the city': social facilities
Children and play: 'nae use for the bairns'
Safety and delinquency
Places to play
Conclusions
Communities: Identity, Change and Neighbourly Relations
Eventless places? Neighbourly interactions on high rise estates
Narratives of community loss and decline
New neighbourly relations
Conclusions: retelling the history of community life
Conclusions: plural histories of multi-storey living
List of Figures Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Introduction: The fluctuating fortunes of high rise Embracing high rise in the post-war period Retreat from high rise Removal and return of high rise A retrospective study of the postwar high rise experience 2. Inside: making homes - privacy and communality Modern family homes Modern interiors Space and adaptation Consumption, décor and taste Privacy versus communality Maintenance and security Conclusions 3. Outside: Surviving and Thriving on Estates Estate planning, amenity and social life Life on the periphery: a lack of foresight Miracle in the Gorbals? City centre living 'You've to go into the city': social facilities Children and play: 'nae use for the bairns' Safety and delinquency Places to play Conclusions 4. Communities: Identity, Change and Neighbourly Relations Eventless places? Neighbourly interactions on high rise estates Narratives of community loss and decline New neighbourly relations Conclusions: retelling the history of community life 5. Conclusions: plural histories of multi-storey living Bibliography
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: The fluctuating fortunes of high rise
Embracing high rise in the post-war period
Retreat from high rise
Removal and return of high rise
A retrospective study of the postwar high rise experience
Inside: making homes - privacy and communality
Modern family homes
Modern interiors
Space and adaptation
Consumption, décor and taste
Privacy versus communality
Maintenance and security
Conclusions
Outside: Surviving and Thriving on Estates
Estate planning, amenity and social life
Life on the periphery: a lack of foresight
Miracle in the Gorbals? City centre living
'You've to go into the city': social facilities
Children and play: 'nae use for the bairns'
Safety and delinquency
Places to play
Conclusions
Communities: Identity, Change and Neighbourly Relations
Eventless places? Neighbourly interactions on high rise estates
Narratives of community loss and decline
New neighbourly relations
Conclusions: retelling the history of community life
Conclusions: plural histories of multi-storey living
Bibliography
Rezensionen
'Glasgow: High-Rise Homes, Estates, and Communities in the Post-War Period succeeds in debunking the design failure paradigm...this is a highly readable book and represents a useful contribution to public housing literature for both American and European readers alike. '
David P. Varady, Journal of Urban Affairs
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