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Modern Housing /

"The original guide on modern housing from the premier expert and activist in the public housing movement"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wurster, Catherine Bauer (Autor)
Otros Autores: Penner, Barbara, 1970- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword: Housing Is More Than Houses
  • Acknowledgments
  • An Introductory Note
  • PART ONE. NINETEENTH-CENTURY CITIES: A RECORD OF FAILURE
  • I. The Period of Black Congestion
  • II. The Era of Wasteful Expansion
  • III. Victorian Mind and Matter
  • PART TWO. GATHERING FORCES
  • I. An Advance Guard of Ideas
  • II. The Heyday of Paternal Reform
  • III. Changes in the Social Structure
  • IV. Toward a New Physical World
  • PART THREE. POST-WAR HOUSING: FACTS AND FIGURES
  • I. The Situation
  • II. The Houses Built
  • III. The Means
  • IV. The Outlook
  • PART FOUR. ELEMENTS OF MODERN HOUSING
  • I. Minimum Standards in Practice
  • II. A New Method: The Community Unit
  • III. Location: Housing and Cities
  • IV. Layout and Building Arrangement
  • V. Building Types and Dwelling Plans
  • VI. Construction
  • VII. Architecture
  • VIII. Economics and Economies
  • IX. Modern Housing for America?
  • APPENDIX TO PART THREE: NATIONAL HOUSING MEASURES, 1850-1987
  • I. England
  • II. Germany
  • III. Holland
  • IV. Belgium
  • V. France
  • VI. Austria
  • VII. The Scandinavian Countries
  • VIII. Switzerland
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
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