Regaining Paradise
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Englishness and the Early Garden City Movement
Standish Meacham
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Meacham shows that even socialist architects closely associated with the movement and its most famous prewar projects at Letchworth and Hampstead relied for inspiration on the villages of England’s pre-industrial squirearchy. The result was the reaffirmation of a particular concept of Englishness that influenced both social policy and urban design.
“[An] authoritative history . . . in luminous prose, of the early garden city movement.”—Victorian Studies
“Excellent. . . . Highly recommended for all libraries.”—Choice
“This scholarly book will be of real interest to all who want an insight into the origins of the suburban lifestyle. The central characters in this book, although long dead, continue to have a huge impact on the lives of millions of people through their influence on town planning, architecture and landscape architecture.”—Peter Thoday, The Garden
“An entertaining and authoritative account of the English garden city down to 1914.”—Andrew Saint, author of Towards a Social Architecture
“[An] engaging book on the beginnings of the garden city movement.”—Stewart A. Weaver, Albion
Publication Date: June 1, 1999
60 b/w illus.
