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Title: Architectures of Survival Condition: New EAN: 9781526122582 ISBN: 9781526122582 Publisher: Manchester University Press Format: Hardback Release Date: 02/01/2019 Item Height: 216mm Item Length: 138mm Author: Adam Page Language: English Subtitle: Air War and Urbanism in Britain, 1935–52 ISBN-10: 1526122588 Description: 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. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Genre: Science Nature & Math Topic: Law & Politics, Business & Finance, Architecture & Antiques Item Width: 16mm Item Weight: 445g Release Year: 2019
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