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At home in postwar France : modern mass housing and the right to comfort /

After World War II, France embarked on a project of modernization, which included the development of the modern mass home. At Home in Postwar France examines key groups of actors - state officials, architects, sociologists and tastemakers - arguing that modernizers looked to the home as a site for s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rudolph, Nicole C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn, 2015.
Colección:Berghahn monographs in French studies ; v. 14.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • At Home in Postwar France; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I
  • Modern Homes for a Modern Nation; Chapter 1
  • Building Homes, Building a Nation: State Experiments in Modern Living, 1945-1952; Chapter 2
  • Designing for the Classless Society: Modernist Architects and the Art of Living
  • Chapter 3
  • The Salon des Arts Ménagers: Teaching Women How to Make the Modern Home; Part II
  • Mass Homes for a Changing Society; Chapter 4
  • Housing for the Greatest Number: The Housing Crisis and the Cellule d'Habitation, 1953-1958.
  • Chapter 5
  • ""Who Is the Author of a Dwelling?"" From User to Inhabitant, 1959-1961Chapter 6
  • Beyond the Functionalist Cell to the Urban Fabric, 1966-1973; Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index.