Peter Scott is Professor of International Business History at the University of Reading's Henley Business School. He has written extensively on the history of household consumption, retailing, consumer marketing, housing, and consumer durables during the 1920s and 1930s. His last book, Triumph of the South: A Regional Economic History of Britain During the Early Twentieth Century, was awarded the Wadsworth Prize for the best book in British business history published during 2007.

Scott's well-grounded and comprehensive account will be the definitive book on this subject for years to come.

• Dedication ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations and a note on currency ; 1. The new suburban world ; 2. The road to 'homes fit for heroes' ; 3. Municipal suburbia ; 4. Developing owner-occupied suburbia ; 5. Marketing owner-occupation to the masses ; 6. Life in owner-occupied suburbia ; 7. Equipping the suburban home ; 8. The suburban garden ; 9. Visible and invisible walls: social differentiation and conflict in interwar suburbia ; 10. A crisis averted by war? Mis-selling, consumer protest, and the Borders case ; 11. The legacy of the interwar semi ; Appendix: A note on sources ; Bibliography ; Index

Peter Scott is Professor of International Business History at the University of Reading's Henley Business School. He has written extensively on the history of household consumption, retailing, consumer marketing, housing, and consumer durables during the 1920s and 1930s. His last book, Triumph of the South: A Regional Economic History of Britain During the Early Twentieth Century, was awarded the Wadsworth Prize for the best book in British business history published during 2007.

Scott's well-grounded and comprehensive account will be the definitive book on this subject for years to come.

• Dedication ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations and a note on currency ; 1. The new suburban world ; 2. The road to 'homes fit for heroes' ; 3. Municipal suburbia ; 4. Developing owner-occupied suburbia ; 5. Marketing owner-occupation to the masses ; 6. Life in owner-occupied suburbia ; 7. Equipping the suburban home ; 8. The suburban garden ; 9. Visible and invisible walls: social differentiation and conflict in interwar suburbia ; 10. A crisis averted by war? Mis-selling, consumer protest, and the Borders case ; 11. The legacy of the interwar semi ; Appendix: A note on sources ; Bibliography ; Index