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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn,
2015.
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| Colección: | Berghahn monographs in French studies ;
v. 14. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 social engineering and nation-building; designers and advocates of the modern home contributed to the democratization of French society; and the French home of the Trente Glorieuses, as it was built and inhabited, was a hybrid product of architects', planners', and residents' understandings of moder. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782385882 1782385886 |