State Housing in Britain

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State Housing in Britain

by Stephen Merrett

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

Modernity and Ambivalence by Zygmunt Bauman

Pseudo-Georgian London by Pablo Bronstein

Hungry City by Carolyn Steel

The Age of Spectacle: Adventures in Architecture and the 21st-Century City by Tom Dyckhoff

The Pevsner Guide to London 4 by Nikolaus Pevsner and Bridget Cherry

Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing by John Boughton

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Modernity and Ambivalence
by Zygmunt Bauman

Pseudo-Georgian London
by Pablo Bronstein

Hungry City
by Carolyn Steel

The Age of Spectacle: Adventures in Architecture and the 21st-Century City
by Tom Dyckhoff

The Pevsner Guide to London 4
by Nikolaus Pevsner and Bridget Cherry

Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing
by John Boughton