Duncan Bowie

The Radical and Socialist Tradition in British Planning (eBook, ePUB)

From Puritan colonies to garden cities

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the key period between the late 18th century and 1914, this book provides the first comprehensive narrative account of radical and socialist texts and organised movements for reform to land planning and housing policies in Britain.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317018339
• Artikelnr.: 45475395

Autorenporträt

Duncan Bowie is a senior lecturer in planning and housing at the University of Westminster, where he is course leader on the MA Urban and Regional Planning. He has worked in senior posts in housing and planning for the Mayor of London, the Housing Corporation, the London Docklands Development Corporation and London boroughs. He is a member of the policy council of the Town and Country Planning Association, as well as the executive committees of the London Labour Housing Group, the Socialist History Society and the London Society.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Radicalism
Socialism
Planning and Planning History
2. Radicals and Planning in Britain and the Colonies: From the Puritans to the Restoration
3. Enlightenment Planning
4. The Benthamites and Utilitarian Planning
5. Owenite Co-operation and Plans for New Communities
6. The Influence of the French Utopian Socialists in England
7. Working Class Radicals and the Land
8. Social Reform and Social Science
9. The Socialist Revival
Land and Housing Reform
10. Visions and Politics of the Garden City Pioneers
11. The Institutionalisation of Planning and Housing
12. Radical and Socialist Influences on Land
Planning and Housing Reform