Estates : an intimate history / Lynsey Hanley.
Estates : an intimate history / Lynsey Hanley.
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Publisher
London : Granta, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N363.58509/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
244 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1
This must be the place (I waited years to leave) --
2
The end of the slums : the rise of the council estate --
3
Slums in the sky : the fall of the council estate --
4
The wall in the head --
5
Begin afresh --
6
Homes fit for living in.
Publication information
Publisher
London : Granta, 2007.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"Lynsey Hanley was born and raised just outside of Birmingham on what was then the largest council estate in Europe, and she has lived for years on an estate in London's East End. Writing with passion, humour and a sense of history, she recounts the rise of social housing a century ago, its adoption as a fundamental right by leaders of the social w...
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Estates : an intimate history / Lynsey Hanley.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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N363.58509/2
Record Identifier
74VKOKrG4J23
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOKrG4J23
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ISBN
1862079099 (pbk.) :
9781862079090 (pbk.) :
DDC
363.58509410904
MMS ID
991022448279702626
