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Nicole C. Rudolph - At Home in Postwar France: Modern Mass Housing and the Right to Comfort - 9781782385875 - V9781782385875
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At Home in Postwar France: Modern Mass Housing and the Right to Comfort

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Description for At Home in Postwar France: Modern Mass Housing and the Right to Comfort Hardback. 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. Series: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; AMX; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.

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 modernity. This volume identifies the “right to ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Berghahn Monographs in French Studies
Condition
New
Weight
542g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782385875
SKU
V9781782385875
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About Nicole C. Rudolph
Nicole C. Rudolph is Academic Director of the Honors College at Adelphi University in New York, where she is an Associate Professor in the Departments of History and of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. She also serves on the Editorial Board of French Politics, Culture & Society.

Reviews for At Home in Postwar France: Modern Mass Housing and the Right to Comfort
“Her balanced reading of all kinds of interesting material—from architectural designs to household goods catalogues—offers many new perspectives on France’s postwar years, not least because it shows how citizens interacted with the French state on an everyday level through design, architecture and space.” • Modern & Contemporary France “At Home in Postwar France convincingly argues that the ... Read more

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