John Burnett

A Social History of Housing 1815-1985

Second Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 757g
• ISBN-13: 9781041133506
• ISBN-10: 1041133502
• Artikelnr.: 75481603

Autorenporträt

John Burnett (1925-2006) was Professor of Social History at Brunel University. His research was concerned with the day-to-day lives of ordinary people. He was the author of Plenty and Want (1966), A History of the Cost of Living (1969), A Social History of Housing, 1815-1985 (1986), Liquid Pleasures: A Social History of Drinks in Modern Britain (1999) and England Eats Out: A Social History of Eating Out in England from 1830 to the Present (2004). With David Vincent and David Mayall, he published the three-volume annotated bibliography, The Autobiography of the Working Class (1984-1989).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgements. Preface to the Second Edition. Part I: 1815
1850 1. People and Houses 2. The Cottage Homes of England 3. The Housing of the Urban Working Classes 4. Middle
Class Housing Part II: 1850
1914 5. Housing the Labourer 6. Housing the Multitude 7. Housing the Suburbans Part III: 1918
1985 8. Council Housing 1918
1939 9. Speculative Housing 1918
1939 10. Public and Private Housing 1945
1985 11. Retrospect and Prospect. Notes and References. Index.