| Description |
1 online resource (220 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 The Blitz, its Experiences, its Consequences; 2 La ville éventrée: or, How Bombing Turned the City Inside Out; 3 Holiday Camps, Castles and Stately Homes: The Residential Option for the Evacuation of Disabled Children during World War II; 4 A Service Forged in the Flames: The Blitz, Wartime Fire-Fighting and the National Fire Service; 5 Between Destruction and Reconstruction: London's Debris Clearance and Repair Organisation 1939-1945 |
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6 The People's Peace: The Myth of Wartime Unity and Public Consent for Town Planning7 Reconstruction Constraints: Political and Economic Realities; 8 Destruction and Dispersal: The Blitz and the 'Break-Up' of Working-Class London; 9 Tradition and Modernity: Architecture in Japan after Hiroshima; 10 Reconstructing Civic Authority in Post-War Germany; 11 Bold Planning, Mixed Experiences: The Diverse Fortunes of Post-War Birmingham; 12 Planning the Reconstruction of War-Damaged Plymouth, 1941-1961: Devising and Defending a Modernisation Agenda |
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13 Destruction, Revival and Reconstruction across Alsace and Lorraine, 1939-196014 Problems of Blitz Reconstruction in Japan: The Case of Sendai; Index |
| Summary |
Drawing together leading scholars and researchers from across a range of academic disciplines, this volume presents an historical and cultural commentary on the immediate and longer-term impacts of wartime destruction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German
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Bombing, Aerial -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage.
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Bombing, Aerial -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century
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Reconstruction (1939-1951)
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Destruction and pillage
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Military operations, Aerial
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Military operations, Aerial -- German
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Reconstruction (1939-1951)
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Weltkrieg
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Luftangriff
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Wiederaufbau
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| SUBJECT |
London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1941.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95003749
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England -- London
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Clapson, Mark
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Larkham, Peter
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| ISBN |
9781351893909 |
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1351893904 |
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