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From Garden Cities to New Towns Dennis Hardy

From Garden Cities to New Towns By Dennis Hardy

From Garden Cities to New Towns by Dennis Hardy

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This book offers a detailed record of one of the world's oldest environmental pressure groups, raising questions about the capacity of pressure groups to influence policy.

From Garden Cities to New Towns Summary

From Garden Cities to New Towns: Campaigning for Town and Country Planning 1899-1946 by Dennis Hardy

**Please note that the 2011 paperback is an exact reprint of the original hardback which was released in 1991**

This book offers a detailed record of one of the world's oldest environmental pressure groups. It raises questions about the capacity of pressure groups to influence policy; and finally it assesses the campaing as a major factor in the emergence of modern town and planning, and as a backdrop against which to examine current issues.

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Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. A context of change. Organization of the book. The origins of a pressure group. Formation of the Garden City Association. The idea of the garden city. 'A peaceful path to real reform'. Choosing the ground, 1899-1914. Garden cities and town planning. Organizing for pressure. The long campaign, 1914-1939. Campaigning and the great war. A glimpse of utopia. Coming of age. Town and country. North and south. The campaign reviewed. Corridors of power, 1939-1946. Vision of Jerusalem. Propaganda and politics. Britain in 1945. Evaluation. Looking back. Making policy. Shaping planning history. Appendix: Main events from the formation of the Garden City Association to the New Town Act. Bibliography. Index.

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NLS9780415511735
9780415511735
0415511739
From Garden Cities to New Towns: Campaigning for Town and Country Planning 1899-1946 by Dennis Hardy
Dennis Hardy
Planning, History and Environment Series
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2011-11-18
352
N/A
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