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Unfit For Heroes? The Housing Question and the State in Britain, 1890 to the Present*

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The Politics of Mass Housing in Britain, 1945–1975: A Study of Corporate Power and Professional Influence in the Welfare State. By DunleavyPatrick. Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1981. Pp. 447. £17.50.

Buildings and Society: Essays on the Social Development of the Built Environment. Edited by KingAnthony D.. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980. Pp. 318. £25.00.

Housing, Social Policy and the State. Edited by MellingJoseph. London: Croom Helm, 1980. Pp. 233. £10.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Susan D. Pennybacker
Affiliation:
Girton College, Cambridge and School of Humanities, Thames Polytechnic

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References

1 Avner, Offer, Property and politics, 1870–1914; land ownership, law, ideology and urban development in England (Cambridge University Press, 1981).Google Scholar

2 See, for example, Manuel, Castells, City, class and power, translation by Elizabeth, Lebas (London: Macmillan, 1978),Google Scholar and Poulantzas, N., Political power and social classes (London: New Left Books, 1973).Google Scholar