Post-War Leicester
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Post-War Leicester

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Post-War Leicester

About this book

In the thirty years following the end of the Second World War Leicester underwent some of the most dramatic changes in its history. Along with the rest of Britain it saw the austerity of the late 1940s and '50s, the shortages and rationing, followed by the boom period of the '60s, when full employment brought an interlude of prosperity. During these postwar decades sweeping changes were made to the physical structure of Leicester: areas of bomb damage and slum housing were cleared from the old city centre, and an intensive building programme in both the public and private sectors resulted in people moving out to new housing estates on the edges of the city. Ben Beazley vividly describes the story of everyday life in Leicester during this period. Illustrated with more than 120 photographs, maps and plans, Postwar Leicester will capture the imagination of anyone who knows the city today, and will rekindle memories for those who lived through the years of redevelopment and change.

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Information

Year
2006
Print ISBN
9780750940689
eBook ISBN
9780750954327
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Foreword
  7. 1. Post-1945
  8. 2. Early Recovery: 1947–9
  9. 3. Building and Restructuring: 1945–59
  10. 4. Slum Clearance
  11. 5. Traffic Development Plans
  12. 6. Early Postwar Economic Decline: 1945–59
  13. 7. The Austere 1950s
  14. 8. Acquiring a Civic Centre
  15. 9. Economic Decline in the 1960s and 1970s
  16. 10. The Smigielski Years
  17. 11. The Swinging Sixties: The Early Years
  18. 12. The Swinging Sixties: The Later Years
  19. 13. The Early 1970s
  20. Postscript
  21. Appendix I
  22. Appendix II
  23. Appendix III
  24. Bibliography