A social history of Milton Keynes : middle England/edge city
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A social history of Milton Keynes : middle England/edge city
（British politics and society）
Frank Cass, 2004
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-196) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Established in 1967, Milton Keynes is England's largest new city and one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the UK. It is also a suburban city, genuinely liked and appreciated by most of its citizens.
For many reasons, however, Milton Keynes is misunderstood, and its valuable recent lessons are mostly ignored in debates about national urban policy. This book discusses the popular and intellectual prejudices that have distorted understandings of the new city. A city is nothing without its people, of course, so Mark Clapson looks at who has moved to Milton Keynes, and discusses their experiences of settling in. He also confronts the common myth of the new city's soullessness with an account of community and association that emphasizes the strength of social interaction there.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Welcome to Milton Keynes
- Chapter 2 Where Did Milton Keynes Come From?
- Chapter 3 The Suburban City Takes Shape
- Chapter 4 North Bucks and the New City
- Chapter 5 Who Moved to Milton Keynes?
- Chapter 6 Settling In
- Chapter 7 The Unsettled: Social Problems in a Suburban City
- Chapter 8 Sociability and Social Action in the Space Station City
- Chapter 9 Conclusion
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