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Architectures of survival : air war and urbanism in Britain, 1935-52 /
Architectures of survival investigates how airpower influenced urbanism and debates about the future of cities in modern Britain. It traces the targeting of cities and militarisation of urban space from interwar to Cold War and highlights how air raids became incorporated into civilian planning deba...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2018.
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| Edición: | 1st |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Architectures of survival investigates how airpower influenced urbanism and debates about the future of cities in modern Britain. It traces the targeting of cities and militarisation of urban space from interwar to Cold War and highlights how air raids became incorporated into civilian planning debates about cities and infrastructure. |
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| Notas: | Introduction1 In the next war: the future of cities and the future of war2 Planning a 'militant peace': air raid precautions for peace and for war3 Cities under fire: the 'new blitz reality'4 Seeing cities through bombsights: urban geographies of war after 19455 A peace that is no peace: reconstruction, defence and development in town and countryConclusion: the ordinariness of air raids?Index |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9781526122605 152612260X 9781526122599 1526122596 |