Stevenage : a sociological study of a new town
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Stevenage : a sociological study of a new town
（International library of sociology, 120 . Race,
Routledge, 1998, c1952
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Reprint. 1st published in 1952 by Routledge and Kegan Paul
Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780415176378
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This is Volume XIX in a series of twenty-two on Race, Class and Social Structure. Originally published in 1952. In November 1946, the British Government founded the New Town of Stevenage, thirty miles north of London, as part of a long-term programme to move over a million people from the metropolis. This book tells the story of this New Town: the history of the decentralization policy, of the existing town of old Stevenage, and of the first four years of the new development; the sociology of the New Town plan and of the strong local opposition which aroused nation-wide interest and led to a court case that almost stopped the project; the nature of the Development Corporation established to plan and build the New Town and the difficulties experienced in its relations with other Government departments and the Stevenage District Council. The book is, therefore, an historical and sociological study of a pioneering Government venture and of its impact upon a small town. It represents the results of interviewing, observation, and documentary research conducted over an eighteen-month period from October 1948.
Table of Contents
Part One: The New Town Idea I. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE NEW TOWNS II. STEVENAGE-A BACKWARD GLANCE III. THE STEVENAGE PROJECT Part Two: The New Town Plan IV. SOCIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS V. LOCAL INTERESTS Part Three: The New Town Machinery VI. THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION page VII. COUNCIL-PLANNER RELATIONS VIII. CORPORATION-GOVERNMENT RELATIONS IX. REVIEW AND DISCUSSION
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Titles in this highly international set consider every problem of socio-political importance that affected society in the years following the Second World War. This set includes important texts by key social and political theorists including Stanislaw Ossowski, as well as extensive comparative material from China, Palestine, the USA, South Africa and Great Britain. Drawing on important empirical material, titles included here consider in-depth questions of ethnicity, unemployment, immigration, colour prejudice, social mobility, new elites and class formation.
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