| Description |
1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; A Note on Currency; 1. The New Suburban World; Introduction; Suburban migration and social change; Marketing suburbia to the masses; Reconstructing interwar suburbia; The structure of this book; 2. The Road to 'Homes Fit for Heroes'; Introduction; The Victorian housing legacy; Scotland: a different country; Crisis and reform in Edwardian Britain; War accelerates change; The life and death of 'homes fit for heroes'; Conclusion; 3. Municipal Suburbia; Introduction; Post-Addison council house development in the 1920s |
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From general needs housing to slum clearanceThe characteristics of municipal housing; Communities without amenities; The joy of suburbia; Rents, affordability, and making ends meet; Conclusion; 4. Developing Owner-Occupied Suburbia; Introduction; The speculative suburban house; The interwar speculative house-builder; Scotland-still a different country; Development finance; The development process; 'Building down' to a working-class market; Conclusion; 5. Marketing Owner Occupation to the Masses; Introduction; A transformation in housing tenure |
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Making houses affordable-the introduction of 'easy terms'The marketing process; Marketing house-hunting as a leisure activity; Lifestyle marketing; Conclusion; 6. Life in Owner-Occupied Suburbia; Introduction; The suburban house purchaser; 'Keeping ourselves to ourselves' and 'keeping up with the Joneses'; Making ends meet in owner-occupied suburbia; Smaller, 'better' families; Conclusion; 7. Equipping the Suburban Home; Introduction; Marketing furniture to new suburban families; Hire purchase; Furniture acquisition strategies and costs; Labour-saving appliances in labour-saving homes |
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Conclusion8. The Suburban Garden; Introduction; Gardens in municipal suburbia; Gardening in owner-occupied suburbia; Sources of information, advice, and equipment; Garden styles, designs, and functions; Conclusion; 9. Visible and Invisible Walls: Social Differentiation and Conflict in Interwar Suburbia; Introduction; The affluent worker thesis; Communities and social norms; Suburbia as social segregation; Conclusion; 10. A Crisis Averted by War? Mis-selling, Consumer Protest, and the Borders Case; Introduction; Building society growth and the mortgage pool system |
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Attempts to control competitionCaveat emptor; Arrears and defaults; The Borders case; Was there a looming housing market crisis in 1939?; Conclusion; 11. The Legacy of the Interwar Semi; The interwar housing achievement; From ideal home to tower block; The end of affordable and desirable suburban housing?; Appendix: A Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
Peter Scott explores the impact of the modern suburban semi-detached house on British family life during the 1920s and 1930s - focusing primarily on working-class households who moved from cramped inner-urban accommodation to new suburban council or owner-occupied housing estates |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-264) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Ebsco, viewed January 23, 2014) |
| Subject |
Suburban life -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Suburban homes -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Social conditions
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Suburban homes.
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Suburban life.
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Vorort
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Arbeitersiedlung
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Arbeiter
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Familie
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Lebensstil
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Alltag
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Sozialer Wandel
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Society.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056944
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| Subject |
Great Britain.
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Großbritannien
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
019166488X |
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9780191664885 |
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0199677204 |
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9780199677207 |
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9780191756382 |
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0191756385 |
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