| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 243 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
Architectures of survival is an original and innovative work of history that investigates the relationship between air war and urbanism in modern Britain. It asks how the development of airpower and the targeting of cities influenced perceptions of urban spaces and visions of urban futures from the interwar period into the Cold War, highlighting the importance of war and the anticipation of war in modern urban history. Airpower created a permanent threat to cities and civilians, and this book considers how architects, planners and government officials reframed bombing as an ongoing urban problem, rather than one contingent to a particular conflict. It draws on archival material from local and national government, architectural and town planning journals and cultural texts, to demonstrate how cities were recast as targets, and planning for defence and planning for development became increasingly entangled. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
In the next war: the future of cities and the future of war -- Planning a 'militant peace': air raid precautions for peace and for war -- Cities under fire: the 'new blitz reality' -- Seeing cities through bombsights: urban geographies of war after 1945 -- A 'peace that is no peace': reconstruction, defence and development in town and country -- Conclusion: war without limits. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Air power -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Air power. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Air warfare -- History -- 20th century.
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Air warfare. |
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Public spaces -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Public spaces. |
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Urbanization -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Urbanization. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Page, Adam, 1966- Architectures of survival. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019 1526122588 (OCoLC)1039351114 |
| ISBN |
9781526122599 (electronic book) |
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1526122596 (electronic book) |
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1526122588 |
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9781526122582 |
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