Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850

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As a growing metropolis, London is in the middle of a severe housing crisis, widely evidenced in the press and featuring in political debates. The problem of creating adequate homes for a growing demand is not new. The Centre for Metropolitan History ...

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    Institute of Historical Research Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850 Session 4: Council housing and politics Working class politics in London and land, planning and housing reform Duncan Bowie (University...

    Location, location, location, the politics of space in an interwar metropolitan borough: the case of Islington

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    Listing social housing: Trellick Tower and Edenham Way by Erno Goldfinger

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    Institute of Historical Research Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850 Session 5(a): Council housing and perceptions Listing social housing: Trellick Tower and Edenham Way by Erno Goldfinger Emma Dent Coad ...

    Poor Irish communities' experience of housing in London 1880-1914

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    Institute of Historical Research Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850 Session 5(b): Housing and Immigration Poor Irish communities' experience of housing in London 1880-1914 Giulia Ni Dhulchaontigh (Trinit...

    Inequality and prejudice: New Commonwealth immigrants and the Committee on Housing in Greater London

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    Institute of Historical Research Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850 Session 5(b): Housing and Immigration Inequality and prejudice: New Commonwealth immigrants and the Committee on Housing in Greater London ...

    From 'heroin' to heroines: the Haggerston Estate

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    Institute of Historical Research Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850 Session 6: Council housing and experience From 'heroin' to heroines: the Haggerston Estate David Roberts (University College London)

    Housing during the Great War

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    Institute of Historical Research Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850 Plenary Lecture Housing during the Great War Jerry White (Birkbeck, University of London)

    Camden council tenants' housing experiences and attitudes in the 1990s

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    Institute of Historical Research Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850 Session 6: Council housing and experience Camden council tenants' housing experiences and attitude in the 1990s Paul Watt (Birkbeck, U...

    What can we learn from London's housing history?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2013 58:31


    Institute of Historical Research Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850 Plenary Lecture What can we learn from London's housing history? Andrew Saint (Survey of London)

    'Improved dwellings for the industrious classes': H.A. Darbishire's Peabody model and its relevance for contemporary housing

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    Institute of Historical Research Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850 Session 1: Private and Philanthropic housing 'Improved dwellings for the industrious classes': H.A. Darbishire's Peabody model and its rele...

    One up one down: the London cottage flat

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    Institute of Historical Research Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850 Session 1: Private and Philanthropic housing One up one down: the London cottage flat David McDonald (Victorian Society)

    'Miles of silly little dirty houses': Victorian Battersea and the making of a working-class suburb

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    Institute of Historical Research Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850 Session 2: Builders and building professions 'Miles of silly little dirty houses': Victorian Battersea and the making of a working-class su...

    Other architects who made London: planning and design of speculative housing 1870-1939

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    Institute of Historical Research Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850 Session 2: Builders and building professions Other architects who made London: planning and design of speculative housing 1870-1939 Davi...

    Living on the Shaftesbury Park Estate

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    Institute of Historical Research Mobilising London's housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850 Session 3: Residents and long-term changes Living on the Shaftesbury Park Estate Melanie Backe-Hansen (Independent Scholar)

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