A guide to the new ruins of Great Britain
By: Owen Hatherley
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9781844676514
Subjects: Politics and government; Urban renewal; Government policy; Architecture; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-356) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the change we see; title: Southampton : terminus city; title: Milton Keynes : Buckinghamshire alphaville; title: Nottingham : the banality of aspiration; title: Sheffield : the former socialist republic of South Yorkshire; title: Manchester : so much to answer for; title: Tyneside : from Brasilia to Baltic; title: Glasgow : looking for the future in all the wrong places; title: Cambridge : silicon fences; title: The West Riding : instead of a supercity; title: Cardiff : manufacturing a capital; title: Greenwich : estuarine enclaves; title: Liverpool : exit.