The Movement for Housing Reform in Germany and France, 1840-1914

This book was originally published in 1985. During the 1920s and 1930s, a series of housing developments was built in Europe, based on unprecedented levels of public finance allied to innovative policies of planning, and architectural design. How did these developments, which were the foundation of later social housing programmes, come into being? This study sets out to answer the question by looking into the evolution of the movement for housing reform in Germany and France, from the middle of the nineteenth century until the outbreak of the First World War. This book also examines the social and political nature of 'the housing problem', and traces the response through a series of central themes: the public health campaign; land reform and planning proposals; the elaboration of architectural types; and the search for fresh means of financing the construction of cheap housing.

ISBN 0521133831   Weight (grammes) 1050 ISBN13 9780521133838 (What's this?)   Published in Cambridge Publisher Cambridge University Press   Series title Cambridge Urban and Architectural Studies Imprint Cambridge University Press   Previous ISBN 9780521225373 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 244 Publication date 10 Jun 2010   Width (mm) 170 DEWEY 363.58094309034   Spine width (mm) 36 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 668

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Movement for Housing Reform in Germany 1840-1914: Section 1. Recognition of the Housing Problem: 1. The emergence of the Housing Problem 1840-1857; 2. The first debate on the Housing Problem 1857-1872; 3. Boom, depression and the second debate on the Housing Problem 1872-1886; Section 2. The Programme for Reform: 4. The reformers' ideal; 5. Public health and housing reform; 6. The design of working-class housing; 7. Housing reform and the Land Question; Section 3. Reform and the Provision of New Housing: 8. Housing by private enterprise; 9. Housing by the employer; 10. Non-profit housing before 1890; 11. Non-profit housing after 1890; 12. The campaign for national housing legislation 1886-1914; Part II. The Movement for Housing Reform in France 1840-1914: Section 4. Recognition of the Housing Problem: 13. The context of the Housing Problem; 14. The housing market: Paris; Section 5. The Programme for Reform: 15. the reformers' ideal; 16. Social reform; 17. Housing and hygiene; 18. Housing and urban growth; 19. Architectural reform; Section 6. Reform and the Provisions of New Housing: 20. The reformers and the housing market; 21. Housing for industry; 22. Housing societies; 23. Housing and co-operation; 24. The Societe Francaise des Habitations ... Bon Marche and housing legislation; 25. The evolution of housing legislation 1: 'free action is superior and sufficient'; 26. The evolution of housing legislation 2: 'unbiased rivalry'; Conclusion to Parts 1 and 2: from workers' housing to social housing; Abbreviations used for periodicals; Notes; Bibliography; Sources of illustrations; Chronology: England, Germany and France; Index.

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