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HOMES FIT FOR HEROES
THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1918-1939 |
| By: |
Trevor Yorke |
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Paperback |
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£7.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1846743494 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781846743498 |
| Publisher: |
COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
16 October, 2017 |
| Pages: |
96 |
| Description: |
In 1918, at the end of the 1st WW, Britain believed she had been victorious. But victory had come at a colossal price, and Prime Minister David Lloyd George knew he must also win the peace. Within a fortnight of signing the armistice his famous speech spoke of the future `What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in'. |
| Synopsis: |
After the trauma of the war, those returning home required jobs, and with them clean and modern homes for their families. The slums and tenements of the pre-war years were not going to enable a healthy workforce that was fit to tackle the challenges of the new post-war world. At all cost Britain had to avoid the riot and revolution that had swept Europe in the later stages of the war.This book describes the re-building of the country during the decades after 1918. Bold advances were made in social provision, especially in housing, with ambitious schemes by local authorities, no longer solely through private builders. These early developments were not always able to keep ahead of the economic realities of the time, and many faltered. But through such pioneering improvements, housing was fixed firmly at the centre of British politics. It remains so today. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Countryside Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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