Glasgow

Lynn Abrams is Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow. Her research focuses on the modern history of gender relations, the practice and theory of oral history and the social and cultural history of modern Scotland.Ade Kearns is Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow. He has published widely on housing, neighbourhoods and community cohesion and led the GoWell programme, a long-term study of the impacts of regeneration in Glasgow.Barry Hazley is Derby Fellow in the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool and Research Fellow on a project examining Northern Irish migrants during the Troubles in Great Britain. His research focuses on the social and cultural history of modern Britain and Ireland. Valerie Wright is a historian of modern Britain with expertise in gender, social and political history. She is currently Research Fellow in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsAbbreviations Introduction: The fluctuating fortunes of high riseEmbracing high rise in the post-war periodRetreat from high riseRemoval and return of high riseA retrospective study of the postwar high rise experience Inside: making homes - privacy and communalityModern family homesModern interiorsSpace and adaptationConsumption, décor and tastePrivacy versus communalityMaintenance and securityConclusions Outside: Surviving and Thriving on EstatesEstate planning, amenity and social lifeLife on the periphery: a lack of foresightMiracle in the Gorbals? City centre living‘You’ve to go into the city’: social facilitiesChildren and play: ‘nae use for the bairns’Safety and delinquencyPlaces to playConclusions Communities: Identity, Change and Neighbourly RelationsEventless places? Neighbourly interactions on high rise estatesNarratives of community loss and declineNew neighbourly relationsConclusions: retelling the history of community life Conclusions: plural histories of multi-storey living Bibliography

'Glasgow: High-Rise Homes, Estates, and Communities in the Post-War Period succeeds in debunking the design failure paradigm...this is a highly readable book and represents a useful contribution to public housing literature for both American and European readers alike. 'David P. Varady, Journal of Urban Affairs