Man-Made Future: Planning, Education and Design in Mid-20th Century Britain

Author:   Iain Boyd Whyte (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780415357890


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   19 December 2006
Format:   Paperback
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Man-Made Future: Planning, Education and Design in Mid-20th Century Britain


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This anthology of essays by a group of distinguished scholars investigates post-1945 city planning in Britain; not from a technical viewpoint, but as a polemical, visual and educational phenomenon, shifting the focus of scholarly interest towards the often-neglected emotional and aesthetic aspects of post-war planning. Each essay is grounded in original archival research and sheds new light on this critical era in the development of modern town planning. This collection is a valuable resource for architectural, social and urban historians, as well as students and researchers offering new insights into the development of the mid-twentieth century city.

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Author:   Iain Boyd Whyte (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9780415357890


ISBN 10:   0415357896
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   19 December 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. 1947 And All That 2. Otto Neurath and the Sociology of Happiness 3. Surveying and Comprehensive Planning 4. Everywhere At Any Time 5. Perceptions in the Conception of the Modernist Urban Environment 6. Selling the Future City 7. Paper Dream City/Modern Monument 8. Conceptions and Perceptions of Urban Futures in Early Post-war Britain 9. ‘Into the World of Conscious Expression’ 10. Plan 11. ‘Destroy all humans!' 12. The English University of the 1960s 13. The Tall Barracks Artistically Reconsidered

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'The essays ... are fascinating if only because the period of certainty and decisive action that they describe is so different from town planning today.' - The Architectural Review


'The essays ... are fascinating if only because the period of certainty and decisive action that they describe is so different from town planning today.' The Architectural Review


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