Towards an Archaeology of the welfare state in Britain, 1945-2009

Archaeologies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-262

  Harrison, Rodney ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contemporary archaeology; Council estates; Everyday life; Homelessness; Public housing; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349992957     PISSN: 15558622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11759-009-9105-0     Document Type: Article

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