1st Edition
A Social History of Milton Keynes Middle England/Edge City
By Mark Clapson
Copyright 2004
240 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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;
Biography
Clapson, Mark
'[The author] painstakingly records every step in MK's growth, from a cluster of academic ideas to a city of 209,000 people...' - Paul Barker, The Independent
