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Klappentext This study examines the social and political nature! and the evolution of housing reform in Germany and France 1840 1914. Zusammenfassung This study! originally published in 1985! examines the evolution for housing reform in Germany and France! from the middle of the nineteenth century to the outbreak of the First World War. This book also examines the social and political nature of 'the housing problem'. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Société Française des Habitations à Bon Marché 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....
