Evolution of a Community - A Study of Dagenham After Forty Years

Peter Willmott went to Dagenham in Essex, where forty years before the London County Council began to build a giant estate to rehouse people from the East End of London. Originally published in 1963, his study - of a new estate that had now become an old one - throws light on the long-term effects of this kind of migration.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Estate and its Beginning 2. People and their Jobs 3. Stability and the Place of Relatives 4. Pressures on the Second Generation 5. The Voluntary Emigrants 6. Friends and Neighbours 7. Variations in Sociability 8. Public and Private Living 9. Affluence, Status and Class 10. In Conclusion – the Working-Class Community. Appendices: Methods of Research; Additional Tables; London County Council’s House-Room Standards; List of References. Index.

About the author

Peter Willmott

Summary

Peter Willmott went to Dagenham in Essex, where forty years before the London County Council began to build a giant estate to rehouse people from the East End of London. Originally published in 1963, his study – of a new estate that had now become an old one – throws light on the long-term effects of this kind of migration.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Willmott
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781032545080
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3254508-0
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Sociology, Essex, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social issues & processes, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Social and ethical issues