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041 _aeng
082 _a307.12160941
_bHAR-F
100 _aHardy, Dennis
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245 _aFrom garden cities to new towns:
_b campaigning for town and country planning, 1899-1946 /
_cDennis Hardy
260 _bSpon Press,
_c2011.
_aNew York:
300 _ax, 340 p.
505 _aPreface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. A context of change. Organization of the book. The origins of a pressure group. Formation of the Garden City Association. The idea of the garden city. 'A peaceful path to real reform'. Choosing the ground, 1899-1914. Garden cities and town planning. Organizing for pressure. The long campaign, 1914-1939. Campaigning and the great war. A glimpse of utopia. Coming of age. Town and country. North and south. The campaign reviewed. Corridors of power, 1939-1946. Vision of Jerusalem. Propaganda and politics. Britain in 1945. Evaluation. Looking back. Making policy. Shaping planning history. Appendix: Main events from the formation of the Garden City Association to the New Town Act. Bibliography. Index.
650 _aCity planning-Great Britain
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942 _cBK
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