Description
Product ID: | 9781032542379 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Family |
Title: | Housing and Young Families in East London |
Authors: | Author: Anthea Holme |
Page Count: | 220 |
Subjects: | Society and culture: general, Society & culture: general, Social and ethical issues, Child abuse, Social classes, Gender studies: women and girls, Age groups: the elderly, Sociology, Sociology: family and relationships, Sociology: work and labour, Sociology: sport and leisure, Anthropology, Child welfare and youth services, Social work, Social counselling and advice services, Psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Psychology of ageing, Family psychology, Philosophy and theory of education, Personal and public health / health education, Mental health services, Psychotherapy, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Women’s health, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Parenting: advice and issues, Social issues & processes, Child abuse, Social classes, Gender studies: women, Age groups: the elderly, Sociology, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: sport & leisure, Anthropology, Child welfare, Social work, Counselling & advice services, Psychology, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Child & developmental psychology, Psychology of ageing, Family psychology, Philosophy & theory of education, Personal & public health, Mental health services, Psychotherapy, Health & personal development, Women's health, Family & relationships, Advice on parenting, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Asia |
Description: | First published in 1985, Anthea Holme focuses her study on Bethnal Green in East London and Wanstead and Woodford in outer East London. She makes a four-way comparison, between two neighbourhoods of the present, a relatively prosperous outer London suburb and a London East End district carrying its full quota of inner-city problems. Originally published in 1985, Anthea Holme focuses her study on Bethnal Green in East London and Wanstead and Woodford in outer East London, the areas covered by Michael Young and Peter Willmott in their celebrated books Family and Kinship in East London and Family and Class in a London Suburb. Her aim was to discover how things had changed in the twenty-five years or so since the publication of these classic studies. She makes a four-way comparison, between then and now and between two neighbourhoods of the present, a relatively prosperous outer London suburb and a London East End district carrying its full quota of inner-city problems. The book takes as its starting point a crucial event in a family’s history – the birth of the first child. Housing may contribute to the happiness or the stress of the family at this time. The author looks at the present housing and the housing history of families who have just had their first child and discusses their satisfactions, problems and aspirations. She draws attention to the contrasts in housing – in tenure, dwelling type, condition, surroundings and in the opportunity to acquire a home in the first place – already evident twenty-five years ago. She also shows that while in many ways – in patterns of consumption, for instance – change has brought the two places together, housing has driven them further apart. Owner occupation dominant in Woodford, and council tenancy dominant in Bethnal Green, are rapidly becoming the respective symbols of the have and the have nots. Anthea Holme concludes that in the present political, economic and social climate this division can only grow wider unless or until housing is regarded as the vitally important component it is in inner-city life. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-08-09 |