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Man-Made Future

Planning, Education and Design in Mid-20th Century Britain

Iain Boyd Whyte editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:19th Dec '06

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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.

'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.'TheArchitectural Review

ISBN: 9780415357890

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 500g

272 pages