Working-class suburb: Social change on an English council estate, 1930-2010

by Mark Clapson

Not all council estates are the same. A detailed historical account of the birth and social evolution of the Whitley council estate in Reading, Working-Class Suburb challenges many of the more depressing images and cultural stereotypes about council housing in twentieth and twenty-first century England. Key areas covered by the study are housing and politics; community campaigns; women and the corporate life of council estates; the uses of leisure;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719079519
• ISBN13: 9780719079511
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"