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The making of the modern British home : the suburban semi and family life between the wars / Peter Scott

Author
Scott, Peter, 1966-
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 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 -- From general needs housing to slum clearance -- The 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 -- 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 -- Conclusion -- 8.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 -- Attempts to control competition -- Caveat 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?.
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.
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ISBN
9780191756382 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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