Regaining Paradise: Englishness and the Early Garden City Movement

by Standish Meacham

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This engaging book considers the British social reform movement at the beginning of the twentieth century through the lens of the garden city movement, a plan to build new communities on open land that would provide a healthy, aesthetically pleasing environment free from overcrowding and pollution. Standish Meacham argues that although the garden city movement initially embodied radical schemes for the reformation of society, it became in the hands...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300191499

ISBN13:9780300191493

Release Date:June 1999

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Architecture Buildings England Europe History Ireland Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Regional Planning Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics World

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