Stevenage: A Sociological Study of a New Town

by Harold Orlans

Overview

This is Volume XIX in a series of twenty-two on Race, Class and Social Structure. Originally published in 1952. In November 1946, the British Government founded the New Town of Stevenage, thirty miles north of London, as part of a long-term programme to move over a million people from the metropolis. This book tells the story of this New Town: the history of the decentralization policy, of the existing town of old Stevenage, and of the first four years of the new development; the sociology of the New Town plan and of the strong local opposition which aroused nation-wide interest and led to a court case that almost stopped the project; the nature of the Development Corporation established to plan and build the New Town and the difficulties experienced in its relations with other Government departments and the Stevenage District Council. The book is, therefore, an historical and sociological study of a pioneering Government venture and of its impact upon a small town. It represents the results of interviewing, observation, and documentary research conducted over an eighteen-month period from October 1948.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415868402
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/16/2013
Series:	International Library of Sociology
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Part One: The New Town Idea I. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE NEW TOWNS II. STEVENAGE-A BACKWARD GLANCE III. THE STEVENAGE PROJECT Part Two: The New Town Plan IV. SOCIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS V. LOCAL INTERESTS Part Three: The New Town Machinery VI. THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION page VII. COUNCIL-PLANNER RELATIONS VIII. CORPORATION-GOVERNMENT RELATIONS IX. REVIEW AND DISCUSSION