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1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Berghahn monographs in French studies ; volume 14
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Berghahn monographs in French studies ; v. 14.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
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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. |
Summary |
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. |
Local Note |
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English. |
Subject |
Housing -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Housing. |
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France. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Housing policy -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Housing policy. |
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Architecture, Domestic -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Architecture, Domestic. |
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Dwellings -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Dwellings. |
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France -- Social conditions -- 1945-1995.
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Social conditions. |
Chronological Term |
1945-1995 |
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France -- Civilization -- 1945-
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Civilization. |
Chronological Term |
1945- |
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Since 1900 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Rudolph, Nicole C. At home in postwar France 9781782385875 (DLC) 2014033559 (OCoLC)896862036 |
ISBN |
9781782385882 (electronic book) |
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1782385886 (electronic book) |
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9781782385875 |
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1782385878 |
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