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Architectures of survival investigates how airpower influenced urbanism and debates about the future of cities in modern Britain. It traces the targeting of cities and militarisation of urban space from interwar to Cold War and highlights how air raids became incorporated into civilian planning deba…
Architectures of Survival
Air War and Urbanism in Britain, 1935–52
$260.71
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2019
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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 b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781526122582 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1526122588 |
| Author: | Adam Page |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Imprint: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2019 |
| Weight: | 445g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm x 16mm |
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Adam Page
Adam Page is Lecturer in History at the University of Lincoln
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