Estates An Intimate History

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Publisher's Synopsis

Writing with passion, humour, and a sense of history, Lynsey Hanley recounts the rise of social housing a century ago, its adoption as a fundamental right by leaders of the social welfare state in mid-century and its decline - as both idea and reality - in the 1960s and 70s.

Book information

ISBN: 9781847087027
Publisher: Granta
Imprint: Granta
Pub date:
Edition: New Edition
DEWEY: 363.5850941
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: 239
Weight: 182g
Height: 197mm
Width: 128mm
Spine width: 17mm