Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Architectures of Survival: Air War and Urbanism in Britain, 1935-52

Architectures of Survival: Air War and Urbanism in Britain, 1935-52

Page, Adam

Hardcover

General ArchitectureGeneral World History

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN10: 1526122588
ISBN13: 9781526122582
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: Jan 2 2019
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
Architectures of survival is an original and innovative work of history that investigates the relationship between air war and urbanism in modern Britain. It asks how the development of airpower and the targeting of cities influenced perceptions of urban spaces and visions of urban futures from the interwar period into the Cold War, highlighting the importance of war and the anticipation of war in modern urban history. Airpower created a permanent threat to cities and civilians, and this book considers how architects, planners and government officials reframed bombing as an ongoing urban problem, rather than one contingent to a particular conflict. It draws on archival material from local and national government, architectural and town planning journals and cultural texts, to demonstrate how cities were recast as targets, and planning for defence and planning for development became increasingly entangled.

Also in

General World History

View All