MoDA Reading List – Social Housing

A brief list of books and articles about social and working class housing in the twentieth century, compiled by staff at the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture

Recommended reading

[Article] Hanley, Lynsey.(2018) Municipal Dreams by John Boughton review – the rise and fall of council housing. The Guardian.   Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/19/municipal-dreams-john-boughton-review  . Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Saint, Andrew.(1989) Politics and the people of London : the London County Council, 1889-1965.  London. Hambledon Press. Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Conekin, Becky; Mort, Frank; Waters, Chris,.(1998) Moments of modernity : reconstructing Britain, 1945-1964.  London. Rivers Oram.  Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Muthesius, Stefan.(1982) The English terraced house. New Haven. Yale University Press. Find it on MDX Library Search.

[Book] Stewart, J. (2016) Housing and hope: the influence of the interwar years in England. iTunes.
http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/20771/. Find it on MDX Library Search