Palaces for the People

by Greg Stevenson

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Highlights the social history of the homes built under the Temporary Housing Programme 1944-49, also 2-storey prefabs such as the British Iron and Steel Corporation houses and Airey homes, and modular homes erected by London County Council. They were symbols of Britain rising from the ashes of war.

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Greg Stevenson lectures at the University of Wales, Lampeter.

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Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Art & Design, History
DDC/MDS
728.3730941Arts & recreationArchitectureResidential and related buildingsSpecific kinds of conventional housingSeparate houses, detached; cottagesSingle-story house, bungalows, ranches, split-level houses
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TH4819 .P7 .S735TechnologyBuilding constructionBuilding constructionBuildings: Construction with reference to use
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