Wetherell, Dr Sam
Foundations: How the Built Environment Made Twentieth-Century Britain
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691193755
- author:
- Wetherell, Dr Sam
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 23.5 x 15.6 centimeters
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Architecture & Design, Criticism,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Foundations: How the Built Environment Made Twentieth-Century Britain
This history of twentieth-century Britain explores how the built environment shaped the nation's politics, economy, and society. Through six different types of urban space - industrial estate, shopping precinct, council estate, private flats, shopping mall, and suburban office park - Sam Wetherell reveals how these spaces transformed Britain.
The book shows how government-financed projects and public housing initiatives aimed to remake the nation's economy and society, but ultimately led to their privatization and reimagining. As a result, British neoliberalism emerged in tension with the built environment, which became increasingly obsolete by the mid-century.
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