Stories of suburbia (Bournville, UK): From planning to people tales

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-198

  Bailey, Adrian R ^a   Bryson, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bournville; Model village; Organised saga; Representation; Temperance; Urban history; Urban stories

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; PLANNING HISTORY; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; URBAN HISTORY; URBAN PLANNING;

BIRMINGHAM [BIRMINGHAM (DST)]; BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; BOURNVILLE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645754248     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360600600486     Document Type: Article

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