Radical and Socialist Tradition in British Planning RPD

Taylor & Francis

The Radical and Socialist Tradition in British PlanningFrom Puritan colonies to garden cities\nAuthor(s): Duncan Bowie\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472479020, 978-1472479020\nSynopsis\nFocusing on the key period between the late 18th century and 1914, this book provides the first comprehensive narrative account of radical and socialist texts and organised movements for reform to land planning and housing policies in Britain. Beginning with the early colonial settlements in the puritan and enlightenment eras, it also covers Benthamite utilitarian planning, Owenite and utopian communitarianism, the Chartists, late Chartists and the First International, Christian socialists and positivists, working class and radical land reform campaigns in the late 19th century, Garden City pioneers and the institutionalisation of the planning profession. \n\nThe book, in effect, presents a prehistory of land, planning and hous.