MoDa Reading List – 1930s Suburbia

Background reading on the development of 1930s suburban London, with reference to the collections of the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture

Recommended Reading

[Book] Ryan, Deborah S.(2018) Ideal homes, 1918-39 : domestic design and suburban modernism. Manchester. Manchester Manchester University Press. Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Arber, Katie; Museum of Domestic Design  Architecture.(2003) Thirtiestyle : home decoration and furnishings from the 1930’s. London. Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture.  Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Jackson, A.A. (Alan A. (1973) Semi-detached London : suburban development, life and transport, 1900-39. London: Allen and Unwin. Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Lewis, Philippa.(2014) Everyman’s castle : the story of our cottages, country houses, terraces, flats, semis and bungalows. London. Frances Lincoln. Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Scott, P. (2013) The making of the modern British home : the suburban semi and family life between the wars. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Brandt, B., James, P. and Sadler, R. (2004) Homes fit for heroes : photographs by Bill Brandt, 1939-43. Stockport: Dewi Lewis. Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Little palaces : house and home in the inter-war suburbs (2003). London: Middlesex University Press. Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Ryan D. S. & Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition. (1997). The ideal home through the 20th century. Hazar.

[Book] Barrett, H. and Phillips, J. (1987) Suburban style : the British home, 1840-1960. London: Macdonald. Find it on MDX Library Search

[Chapter] Thomas,Faulkner; Bridget,Wilkins.(1976) The Owner-Occupier Boom in Domestic Architecture in Design 1900-1960: studies in design and popular culture of the 20th century. Newcastle upon Tyne (Department of History of Art, Squires Building, Sandyford Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST). Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic. Find it on MDX Library Search

[Article] Swenarton (2002) ‘Tudor Walters and Tudorbethan: reassessing Britain’s inter-war suburbs.’, Planning perspectives., 17(3), pp. 267–286. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/02665430210129324.direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=buh&AN=6978317&site=bsi-live&authtype=sso&custid=s5409946. Find it on MDX Library Search

Suburban Landscape and Gardens

[Pamphlet] Lebas, Elizabeth, Mullen, Michael Ann and Hendon, Zoë(2008) The suburban landscape: 200 years of gardens and gardening. Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, Middlesex University. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/3102/

[Article] Preston, R. (2014) ‘The Pastimes of the People: Photographing House and Garden in London’s Small Suburban Homes, 1880–1914’, The London journal., 39(3), pp. 205–226. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1179/0305803414Z.00000000049. Find it on MDX Library Search