New Town, A Proposal in Agricultural, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Reconstruction
| Title | New Town, A Proposal in Agricultural, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Reconstruction |
| Year for Search | 1919 |
| Authors | Hughes,, W[illiam] R[avenscroft] M.A.(b. 1880), ed. for The New Town Council |
| Tertiary Authors | Hughes, W. R. |
| Date Published | 1919 |
| Publisher | Pub. for The New Town Council by J.M. Dent |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | 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. |
| Holding Institutions | CtY, L, NN |
| Author Note | (b. 1880) |
| Full Text | 1919 Hughes, W[illiam] R[avenscroft], M.A. (b. 1880), ed. for The New Town Council. New Town, A Proposal in Agricultural, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Reconstruction. London: J.M. Dent. CtY, L, NN 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. |
