King, Anthony D. The Bungalow : The Production of a Global Culture , London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1984.

Illustrated by 200 illustrations / Photographs. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Sm 4to 0710095384 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Numerous illustrations and photographs. 310 pages clean and tight. Heavy book but will be posted for the standard charge. The bungalow is probably the only dwelling type which, both in name (from bangla meaning of, or belonging to Bengal) and form, exists in every continent. In investigating its origins in India, and subsequent development in Britain, North America, Africa, Australia and continental Europe, this book explores the historical forces which, in producing the bungalow, have also shaped the modern world - colonialism and industrialisation, capitalism and socialism, urbanisation and suburbanisation, and the emergence of a global economy and culture. In this study, Anthony King discusses the social meaning of the bungalow for the times and places where it exists. The book, therefore, has two dimensions: it is both a cultural history of the bungalow and an exploration of various themes (two or three of which are taken up in each chapter) which that history suggests: culture and the political economy of urban and dwelling forms, the symbolic role of architecture, the influence of economy and society on the built environment and of that environment on economy and society. Suburban growth and the expansion of leisure resorts, both represented by the 'invention' of the bungalow, are discussed in the context of an emerging world economy and the development of an international division of labour. In North America, the bungalow illustrates the relation between ideology and environment, in Britain, the role of class interests in shaping 'town and country' planning, and in Africa and India, the way in which an international market economy transforms the housing and lifestyle of an urban bourgeoisie. Australia provides an opportunity to test some of the book's earlier propositions and the final chapter speculates on key issues concerning future trends in urban development. Vilified by British town-planners yet celebrated in poetry and song (also included. with some 200 illustrations), the bungalow provides an ideal subject to explore using recent developments in urban and cultural studies. (Book ref. 130020)  £27.45

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