Anglo-American Crossroads: Urban Planning and Research in Britain, 1940-2010

by Mark Clapson

Book Overview

The postwar British city was been shaped by many international forces during the last century, but American influences on British urban research and urban planning have been particularly significant. Beginning with debates about reconstruction during the Second World War, Anglo-American Crossroads explores how Americanisation influenced key approaches to town planning, from reconstruction after 1945 to the New Urbanism of the 1990s. Clapson...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472575326
• ISBN13: 9781472575326
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"