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: 9781862079090
Publisher: Granta
Imprint: Granta
Pub date:
DEWEY: 363.58509410904
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 244
Weight: 281g
Height: 215mm
Width: 139mm
Spine width: 25mm