UID:
almahu_9949384345002882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780429444807
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042944480X
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9780429816185
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0429816189
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9780429816178
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0429816170
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9780429816161
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0429816162
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in modern British history
Content:
"Milton Keynes, one of post war Britain's largest and most ambitious state projects has often been maligned, derided, mocked and dismissed in politics and in popular culture alike. By integrating the cultural reception of Milton Keynes into wider histories of British politics and popular culture, this book also provides a wider history of how the backlash against state planning was achieved through the development of a mythology of "the bad old days". Despite this, Milton Keynes has functioned as a stubborn testament to the progressive and radical visions of a post war state, a political alternative to the present which rejects nostalgic and neoliberal conservatism alike"--
Note:
Milton Keynes in British history -- Decline, status, and postwar landscapes -- Landscape value in modern Britain -- The plan for Milton Keynes, 1967-1972 -- The post-tower-block city? 1972-1975 -- Mirroring England, mirroring decline, 1976-1978 -- The Concrete Cows, 1978-1979 -- "You've never seen anything like it": the aspirational turn, 1979-1986 -- Milton Keynes and "the middle," c. 1980-1989 -- The wind-up: c.1986-1992
Additional Edition:
Print version: Pikó, Lauren. Milton Keynes in British culture. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :: Routledge, 2018 ISBN 9780367000516
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429444807
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