Basic
Reading
Barrett, H. and Phillips, J., Suburban Style.
The British Home 1840-1960 (London, 1987).
Burnett, J., A Social History of Housing
1815-1985 (London, 1986).
Cohen, S., A Guide To The Annual Reports Of
The Medical Officer Of Health For Swansea (Swansea, 1991).
Darley, G., Villages of Vision (London,
1975).
Davies, T.G.H., Guide To The Committees Of The
County Borough Of Swansea (Swansea, 1995).
Dean, B., Slums. Living Conditions in 19th
Century Swansea, 3 vols (Swansea, [n.d.]).
Lowe, J., Welsh Industrial Workers Housing
1775-1875 (Cardiff, 1977).
Lowe, J., Welsh Country Workers Housing
1775-1875 (Cardiff, 1985).
Muir, R., The Lost Villages of Britain
(London, 1982).
Robins, N.A., Homes For Heroes. Early
Twentieth-Century Council Housing in the County Borough of Swansea (Swansea, 1992).
Taylor, A., ‘The Garden Cities Movement in a
Local context; the Development and Decline of the Penkhull Garden village Estate’, The
Local Historian, 27 (1997), 30-47.
Trinder, B., The Making of the Industrial
Landscape (London, 1982). |
There is a massive amount of
reading material on housing history, mainly because it covers so many subject areas;
Sociology, History, Geography, Economics etc. So you will find books about this subject
under many classifications. One of the best books to start with is Suburban Style, a
tremendous introduction to the subject, but unfortunately quite rare. There is a copy in
Swansea Reference Library. John Burnett’s Social History of Housing is a standard
work and will explain everything to you . The two books by Jeremy Lowe give an
excellent insight into Welsh housing and the unique characteristics of the Welsh
landscape. Barrie Trinder’s book gives a good general introduction to the development
of housing in the Industrial Revolution. Most
of these books will have excellent bibliographies which will take you in any direction you
care to go.
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