Homes or Hovels: The Housing Problem and Its Solution

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1944
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An anarchist approach to housing. The author rejects what he says are overly detailed utopias, but then goes on to give a detailed description of housing, which will mostly apartments/flats, an emphasis on neighborhoods, and few large cities. 

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33 pp
Published Date

1944

Publisher
Freedom Press
Place Published
London
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1944 Woodcock, George (1912-95). Homes or Hovels: The Housing Problem and Its Solution. London: Freedom Press. 33 pp. BL, DLC, MH, NLS, O

An anarchist approach to housing. The author rejects what he says are overly detailed utopias, but then goes on to give a detailed description of housing, which will mostly apartments/flats, an emphasis on neighborhoods, and few large cities. The author, a well-known anarchist theorist, literary critics, and poet was born in Canada, then lived and was educated in England until 1949, when he returned to Canada, taught at the University of British Columbia, and founded the journal Canadian Literature.

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The author (1912-95), a well-known anarchist theorist, literary critics, and poet was born in Canada, then lived and was educated in England until 1949, when he returned to Canada, taught at the University of British Columbia, and founded the journal Canadian Literature.

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