TY - ABST T1 - New Town, A Proposal in Agricultural, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Reconstruction Y1 - 1919 A1 - W[illiam] R[avenscroft] Hughes, M.A. (b. 1880), ed. for The New Town Council KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Non-fiction presenting a detailed cooperative eutopia. Specifically, it proposes to establish a new country town, and a slip dated June 1921 tipped into the CtY copy says that “The proposals contained in this book are being put into operation at Welwyn Garden City. . . . .” Discusses industry, which must “enrich the lives of all associated with it. . .” (45), agriculture, education, which will include learning handicrafts and vocational skills in school workshops and adult education, and homes, which will include grouped cooperative homes, professional household services, and social life.

PB - Pub. for The New Town Council by J.M. Dent CY - London U5 -

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