Ideal homes, 1918-39 : domestic design and suburban modernism /

This book explores the aspirations and tastes of new suburban communities in interwar England for domestic architecture and design that was both modern and nostalgic in a period where homeownership became the norm.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Ryan, Deborah S. (مؤلف)
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Manchester : Manchester University Press 2018.
سلاسل:Studies in design and material culture.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvnb7s8n
جدول المحتويات:
  • Front matter; Dedication; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; Acknowledgements; The interwar house: ideal homes and domestic design; Suburban: class, gender and home ownership; Modernisms: 'good design' and 'bad design'; Efficiency: labour-saving and the professional housewife; Nostalgia: the Tudorbethan semi and the detritus of Empire; Afterword: modernising the interwar ideal home; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.