Title: Rebuilding Britain's Blitzed Cities
Description: "Many British cities were devastated by bombing during the Second World War and faced stark economic dilemmas concerning reconstruction planning and implementation after 1945. How did politicians, civil servants and local authorities manage to produce the cities we live in today? Rebuilding Britain's Blitzed Cities examines the underlying processes and pressures, especially financial and bureaucratic, which shaped postwar urbanism in Britain. Catherine Flinn integrates architectural planning with in-depth economic and political analyses of Britain's blitzed cities for the first time. She examines early reconstruction arrangements, the postwar economic apparatus and the challenges of postwar physical planning across the country, while providing insightful case studies from the cities of Hull, Exeter and Liverpool. By addressing the ideology versus the reality of reconstruction in postwar Britain, Rebuilding Britain's Blitzed Cities highlights the importance of economic and political factors for understanding the British postwar built environment."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Subjects: Social history, Great britain, history, 20th century, Economic history, City planning, great britain, Reconstruction (1939-1951), great britain, World war, 1939-1945, economic aspects, great britain, Urban renewal, History, City planning, Reconstruction (1939-1951), World War, 1939-1945, Economics, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Economic aspects, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01180924