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It was when families were rehoused in the immaculate new estates outside London, miles away from their kin, that the vital support system broke down, with disastrous effects on the quality of people's lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis famous book, based on a major three-year research project, makes clear how planners have frequently failed to understand real human needs; it also provides a marvellous portrait of the resilience and generosity of spirit which went at least some way to compensate for the deptivations of inner-city working-class life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311569875317,"sku":"9780141189123","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780141189123_0a6004aa-c297-47ab-bae2-725074e20af6.jpg?v=1786011564"},{"product_id":"the-rise-of-the-meritocracy","title":"The Rise of the Meritocracy","description":"Michael Young has christened the oligarchy of the future \"Meritocracy","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57484132024693,"sku":"9781560007043","price":50.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781560007043.jpg?v=1786266168"},{"product_id":"king-james-and-the-history-of-homosexuality","title":"King James and the History of Homosexuality","description":"James VI \u0026amp; I, the namesake of the King James Version of the Bible, had a series of notorious male favourites. No one denies that these relationships were amorous, but were they sexual?  Michael B. Young merges political history with recent scholarship in the history of sexuality to answer that question.  More broadly, he shows that James's favourites had a negative impact within the royal family, at court, in Parliament, and in the nation at large. Contemporaries raised the spectre of a sodomitical court and an effeminized nation; some urged James to engage in a more virile foreign policy by embarking on war. Queen Anne encouraged a martial spirit and moulded her oldest son to be more manly than his father. Repercussions continued after James's death, detracting from the majesty of the monarchy and contributing to the outbreak of the Civil War. Persons acquainted with the history of sexuality will find surprising premonitions here of modern homosexuality and homophobia. General readers will find a world of political intrigue coloured by sodomy, pederasty, and gender instability. For readers new to the subject, the book begins with a helpful overview of King James's life.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487683682677,"sku":"9781781555439","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781781555439.jpg?v=1786354909"},{"product_id":"knowledge-and-the-future-school","title":"Knowledge and the Future School","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten at a time of uncertainty about the implications of the English government’s curriculum policies, \u003ci\u003eKnowledge and the Future School \u003c\/i\u003eengages with the debate between the government and large sections of the educational community. It provides a forward-looking framework for head teachers, their staff and those involved in training teachers to use when developing the curriculum of individual schools in the context of a national curriculum. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile explaining recent ideas in the sociology of educational knowledge, the authors draw on Michael Young’s earlier research with Johan Muller to distinguish three models of the curriculum in terms of their assumptions about knowledge, referred to in this book as Future 1, Future 2 and Future 3. They link Future 3 to the idea of 'powerful knowledge' for all pupils as a curriculum principle for any school, arguing that the question of knowledge is intimately linked to the issue of social justice and that access to 'powerful knowledge' is a necessary component of the education of all pupils. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnowledge and the Future School\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new way of thinking about the problems that head teachers, their staff and curriculum designers face. In charting a course for schools that goes beyond current debates, it also provides a perspective that policy makers should not avoid.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57695287476597,"sku":"9781472528148","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781472528148.jpg?v=1793032898"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-michael-young.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}