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Scott, Peter, 1966-

The making of the modern British home : The suburban semi and family life between the wars / Peter Scott. - First edition. - xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents

Dedication ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations and a note on currency ; 1. The new suburban world ; 2. The road to 'homes fit for heroes' ; 3. Municipal suburbia ; 4. Developing owner-occupied suburbia ; 5. Marketing owner-occupation to the masses ; 6. Life in owner-occupied suburbia ; 7. Equipping the suburban home ; 8. The suburban garden ; 9. Visible and invisible walls: social differentiation and conflict in interwar suburbia ; 10. A crisis averted by war? Mis-selling, consumer protest, and the Borders case ; 11. The legacy of the interwar semi ; Appendix: A note on sources ; Bibliography ; Index

Explores the impact of the modern suburban semi-detached house on British family life during the 1920s and 1930s. Focuses primarily on working-class households who moved from inner-urban accommodation to new suburban council or owner-occupied housing estates.

ISBN: 0199677204 9780199677207 019166488X 9780191664885

LCCN: 2013936238

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB375893 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016482061 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Suburban life--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Suburban homes--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Social conditions
Suburban homes.
Suburban life.
Vorort.
Arbeitersiedlung.
Arbeiter.
Familie.
Lebensstil.
Alltag.
Sozialer Wandel.
Society.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.
Great Britain.
Grossbritannien.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: HT352.G72 / S37 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 307.7 SCO