'Oh, the planners did their best': The planning films of John Betjeman

Planning Perspectives

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-411

  Tewdwr Jones, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDIA ROLE; PLANNING HISTORY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 25444513650     PISSN: 02665433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02665430500239448     Document Type: Review

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