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Author:

Scott, Peter, 1966- author.

Title:

The making of the modern British home : the suburban semi and family life between the wars / Peter Scott.

Edition:

First edition

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Suburban life--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Suburban homes--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The new suburban world -- The road to 'homes fit for heroes' -- Municipal suburbia -- Developing owner-occupied suburbia -- Marketing owner occupation to the masses -- Live in owner-occupied suburbia -- Equipping the suburban home -- The suburban garden -- Visible and invisible walls : social differentiation and conflict in interwar suburbia -- A crisis averted by war? : mis-selling, consumer protest, and the Borders case -- The legacy of the interwar semi.

Summary:

Explores the impact of the modern suburban semi-detached house on British family life during the 1920s and 1930s. Focuses primarily on working-class households who moved from inner-urban accommodation to new suburban council or owner-occupied housing estates.

ISBN:

9780191664885 (electronic bk.)
019166488X (electronic bk.)
0199677204 (cloth)
9780199677207 (cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)862437760

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)