The Life and Death of the Shopping City by Alistair Kefford - 9781108836692

The Life and Death of the Shopping CityPublic Planning and Private Redevelopment in Britain since 1945\nAuthor(s): Alistair Kefford\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108836692, 978-1108836692\nSynopsis\nHow have British cities changed in the years since the Second World War? And what drove this transformation? This innovative new history traces the development of the post-war British city, from the 1940s era of reconstruction, through the rise and fall of modernist urban renewal, up to the present-day crisis of high street retailing and central area economies. Alistair Kefford shows how planners, property developers, councils and retailers worked together to create the modern shopping city, remaking the physical fabric, economy and experience of cities around this retail-driven developmental model. This book also offers a wider social history of mass affluence, showing how cities were transforme.