Lauren Pikó

Milton Keynes in British Culture (eBook, PDF)

Imagining England

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Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the representations of Milton Keynes in British national media, political rhetoric and popular culture in detail from 1967 to 1992.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429816185
• Artikelnr.: 56834992

Autorenporträt

Lauren Pikó is a historian specialising in the cultural history of post-1945 landscapes and national identity. She completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne, where she lectures and tutors in urban history and theory, and modern British, Australian and world histories. Her current research explores the imperial legacies of shaping British and Australian attitudes to borders and ideal landscapes. She is a former resident of Milton Keynes.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Landscape value in modern Britain
Chapter 2: The Plan for Milton Keynes, 1967-1972
Chapter 3: The post-tower-block city? 1972-1975
Chapter 4: Mirroring England, mirroring decline, 1976-1978
Chapter 5: The Concrete Cows, 1978-1979
Chapter 6: "You've never seen anything like it": the aspirational turn, 1979-1986
Chapter 7: Milton Keynes and "the middle," c. 1980-1989
Chapter 8: The wind-up: c.1986-1992
Conclusion
Bibliography