Cowman, Krista (2016) Open spaces didn't pay rates: appropriating urban space for children in England after WW2. In: Städtische öffentliche Räume/Urban Public Spaces. Beiträge zur Stadtgeschichte und Urbanisierungsforschung (19). Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 119-140. ISBN 9783515115940, 9783515115957
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
Abstract
This chapter explores the appropriation of urban spaces, particularly bomb sites, by children in the Second World War, and post-war attempts to capitalise on these unexpected spaces to offer urban play space.
| Keywords: | Childrens playgrounds, World War Two, adventure playgrounds, Urban Regeneration, urban space, play, post-war reconstruction |
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| Subjects: | V Historical and Philosophical studies > V147 Modern History 1950-1999 V Historical and Philosophical studies > V320 Social History |
| Divisions: | College of Arts |
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| ID Code: | 25441 |
| Deposited On: | 21 Dec 2016 14:37 |
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