At home in postwar France modern mass housing and the right to comfort (Berghahn monographs in French studies; volume 14)
After World War II, France embarked on a project of modernization, which included the development of the modern mass home.At Home in Postwar Franceexamines key groups of actors - state officials, architects, sociologists and tastemakers - arguing that modernizers looked to the home as a site for soc...
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New York, NY
Berghahn Books
2015
Berghahn Books, Incorporated |
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Table of Contents:
- At home in postwar France: modern mass housing and the right to comfort (Berghahn monographs in French studies; volume 14) -- 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, 1959–1961 -- Chapter 6: Beyond the Functionalist Cell to the Urban Fabric, 1966–1973 -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
- Front Matter Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Building Homes, Building a Nation: Chapter 2: Designing for the Classless Society: Chapter 3: The Salon des Arts Ménagers: Chapter 4: Housing for the Greatest Number: Chapter 5: “Who Is the Author of a Dwelling?” Chapter 6: Beyond the Functionalist Cell to the Urban Fabric, 1966–1973 Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index
- 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, 1959-1961 -- Chapter 6 - Beyond the Functionalist Cell to the Urban Fabric, 1966-1973 -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
- Acknowledgments --
- List of Abbreviations --
- Part II. Mass Homes for a Changing Society --
- Chapter 4. Housing for the Greatest Number --
- CONTENTS --
- Index
- Chapter 3. The Salon des Arts Ménagers --
- Conclusion --
- Selected Bibliography --
- Chapter 2. Designing for the Classless Society --
- List of Illustrations --
- Chapter 5. “Who Is the Author of a Dwelling?” --
- Chapter 6. Beyond the Functionalist Cell to the Urban Fabric, 1966–1973 --
- Chapter 1. Building Homes, Building a Nation --
- Frontmatter --
- Introduction --
- Part I. Modern Homes for a Modern Nation --