{"product_id":"rebuilding-britains-blitzed-cities-catherine-flinn-9781350168800","title":"Rebuilding Britain's Blitzed Cities: Hopeful Dreams, Stark Realities","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany British cities were devastated by bombing during the Second World War and faced stark economic dilemmas concerning reconstruction planning and implementation after 1945. How did politicians, civil servants and local authorities manage to produce the cities we live in today? \u003ci\u003eRebuilding Britain's Blitzed Cities\u003c\/i\u003e examines the underlying processes and pressures, especially financial and bureaucratic, which shaped postwar urbanism in Britain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCatherine Flinn integrates architectural planning with in-depth economic and political analyses of Britain's blitzed cities for the first time. She examines early reconstruction arrangements, the postwar economic apparatus and the challenges of postwar physical planning across the country, while providing insightful case studies from the cities of Hull, Exeter and Liverpool. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy addressing the ideology versus the reality of reconstruction in postwar Britain, \u003ci\u003eRebuilding Britain's Blitzed Cities\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the importance of economic and political factors for understanding the British postwar built environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Flinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350168807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350168800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d","brand":"Catherine Flinn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48436340031743,"sku":"9781350168800","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_787d603e-5b70-49e0-8619-b1b8772f9dbf.jpg?v=1777156392","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rebuilding-britains-blitzed-cities-catherine-flinn-9781350168800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}