Ideal Homes, 1918-39: Domestic Design and Suburban Modernism

This book focuses on the housebuilding boom of the interwar years, when Britain became a nation of homeowners. It investigates the ways in which ordinary people expressed new class and gender identities through the design, architecture and decoration of interwar homes then and now. It argues that these 'ideal' homes combine nostalgia for the past and longing for the future resulting in a new specifically suburban modernism.

Author: Deborah Sugg Ryan
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 03/06/2018
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.70w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780719068843

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2018

About the Author
Deborah Sugg Ryan is Professor of Design History and Theory, and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Portsmouth. She is also a contributor for BBC2's A House Through Time.