Refurnishing Homes in a Bombed City: Moral Geographies of the Utility Furniture Scheme in London
Journal article
Reimer, S. and Pinch, P. (2020). Refurnishing Homes in a Bombed City: Moral Geographies of the Utility Furniture Scheme in London. The London Journal. 46 (1), pp. 26-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/03058034.2020.1753350
Authors | Reimer, S. and Pinch, P. |
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Abstract | The London Blitz was a catalyst for national state control of the entire commodity network for furniture; the only wartime commodity for which this was done. The Utility furniture scheme sought to manage material shortages and combat profiteering in the markets for new and second-hand furniture. It also responded to the vulnerability of the nation’s furniture producers, which were disproportionately concentrated in and around London. Set against the immorality of indiscriminate bombing of civilian populations and illegal practices on the ‘black market’, the Utility scheme prescribed new moral geographies of equitable distribution based on need; of consumer rights protection; and of improvements to labour conditions and wages. The paper intervenes into debates about the social construction of moral geographies by examining the collective institutional response of the Utility scheme and the manner in which it sought to provision wartime homes. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in London Journal, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03058034.2020.1753350 |
Keywords | Geography, Planning and Development; Urban Studies |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | The London Journal |
Journal citation | 46 (1), pp. 26-46 |
Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
ISSN | 0305-8034 |
1749-6322 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/03058034.2020.1753350 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 30 Apr 2020 |
02 Jan 2021 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 03 Apr 2020 |
Deposited | 22 Apr 2020 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Page range | 1-21 |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/89929
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