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Tsubaki, Tatsuya (1993) Postwar reconstruction and the questions of popular housing provision, 1939-1951 : the debates and implementation of policy, with particular reference to Coventry and Portsmouth. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
The existing historiography has done much to highlight the
significance of the 1940s in the evolution of social policy
in Great Britain. This thesis is an attempt to assess
whether there was a new departure in popular housing
provision in this period. It deals with the housing debate
during the Second World War and examines its impact on the
implementation of housing policy under the 1945 Labour
Government. It explores the views of housing experts and
politicians, as well as those of the public on various
aspects of housing during the war and considers how they
were reflected in the formulation of postwar housing policy.
It also looks at the ways in which the policy was
implemented at local level between 1945 and 1951. A central
aim of this thesis is to examine the role and influence of
architects and planners both in the process of moulding
policy and in the actual practice of providing houses. This
thesis will argue that despite the impact of the war which
opened up fresh possibilities for applying new ideas in
popular housing provision, the influence of these experts
were very much circumscribed by the difficult economic
circumstances of the late 1940s and by the existence of
conservative, anti-planning forces in society.
| Item Type: | Thesis or Dissertation (PhD) | ||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Housing policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Great Britain | ||||
| Official Date: | June 1993 | ||||
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| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
| Theses Department: | Department of Social History | ||||
| Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
| Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Tiratsoo, Nick, 1952- | ||||
| Extent: | 2 v. (v, 603 leaves) | ||||
| Language: | eng |
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