The Making of the Modern British Home by Peter Scott
Explores the impact of the modern suburban semi-detached house on British family life during the 1920s and 1930s
Scott's well-grounded and comprehensive account will be the definitive book on this subject for years to come* Grace Lees-Maffei, The Times Higher Education Supplement *
Highly recommended. * CHOICE *
Scott offers us a systematic and balanced survey of the interwar suburb ... Nicely illustrated, well written, and clearly organized, this book may profitably be read by anyone with an interest in the modern history of British cities and housing as well as by historians of class and gender. * Richard Harris, Journal of British Studies *
Scott provides a comprehensive narrative and analysis covering both [municipal and private] enterprise ... He covers the development process, construction, marketing, and finance. Other chapters describe the transition from the social intimacy of inner-city working-class life, and the adaptation to more middle-class conventions of respectability and aloofness. Innovative chapters are devoted to what that new life was like. A particularly fascinating one covers the devotion to gardening, a distinctive feature of British urban living ... Housing is shaping up to become major social crisis. But there is little understanding of a more successful past, and no inclination to return to it. Scott's excellent book describes this interwar success with solid authority. * Avner Offer, Journal of Social History *
Throughout the book the author extracts interesting details from the questionnaires and the life histories, and discusses in an even-handed manner the pros and cons of, for example, suburban homeownership or the financing system. * Volker M. Welter, American Historical Review *
Highly recommended. * CHOICE *
Scott offers us a systematic and balanced survey of the interwar suburb ... Nicely illustrated, well written, and clearly organized, this book may profitably be read by anyone with an interest in the modern history of British cities and housing as well as by historians of class and gender. * Richard Harris, Journal of British Studies *
Scott provides a comprehensive narrative and analysis covering both [municipal and private] enterprise ... He covers the development process, construction, marketing, and finance. Other chapters describe the transition from the social intimacy of inner-city working-class life, and the adaptation to more middle-class conventions of respectability and aloofness. Innovative chapters are devoted to what that new life was like. A particularly fascinating one covers the devotion to gardening, a distinctive feature of British urban living ... Housing is shaping up to become major social crisis. But there is little understanding of a more successful past, and no inclination to return to it. Scott's excellent book describes this interwar success with solid authority. * Avner Offer, Journal of Social History *
Throughout the book the author extracts interesting details from the questionnaires and the life histories, and discusses in an even-handed manner the pros and cons of, for example, suburban homeownership or the financing system. * Volker M. Welter, American Historical Review *
Peter Scott is Professor of International Business History at the University of Reading's Henley Business School. He has written extensively on the history of household consumption, retailing, consumer marketing, housing, and consumer durables during the 1920s and 1930s. His last book, Triumph of the South: A Regional Economic History of Britain During the Early Twentieth Century, was awarded the Wadsworth Prize for the best book in British business history published during 2007.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199677207 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199677204 |
| Title | The Making of the Modern British Home |
| Author | Peter Scott |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2013-08-29 |
| Number of pages | 290 |
| Prizes | Winner of Shortlisted for the Wadsworth Prize 2014. |
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