A Social History of Milton Keynes

Middle England/Edge City

Bibliographic Data

ID19904601
AuthorsMark Clapson (corresponding author)
Year2004
Publication date2004-08-02
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSocial History of Milton Keynes (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203496428
OpenAlexW4255549051
ISBN9780203496428
Open LibraryOL36249075M
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Established in 1967, Milton Keynes is England's largest new city and one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the UK. It is also a suburban city, genuinely liked and appreciated by most of its citizens.For many reasons, however, Milton Keynes is misunderstood, and its valuable recent lessons are mostly ignored in debates about national urban policy. This book discusses the popular and intellectual prejudices that have distorted understandings of the new city. A city is nothing without its people, of course, so Mark Clapson looks at who has moved to Milton Keynes, and discusses their experiences of settling in. He also confronts the common myth of the new city's soullessness with an account of community and association that emphasizes the strength of social interaction there

Economic history · Economics · Keynesian economics · Neoclassical economics · Positive economics · Social history (medicine) · Sociology · History · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Medicine · Political Economy and Marxism · City planning · Great britain · History & Archaeology · Manners and customs · Milton Keynes · Regions & Countries - Europe · Social conditions · Social life and customs

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