Hovels to High Rise: State Housing in Europe Since 1850

by Anne Power

Book Overview

Originally published in 1993, this book traces how governments in France, Germany, Britain, Denmark and Ireland became involved in replacing industrial revolution urban slums with mass high-rise, high-density concrete estates. As the book considers each country's housing history and traditions, and analyses the contrasting structures and systems, it finds convergence of problems in the growing tensions of their most disadvantaged communities. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367684985
• ISBN13: 9780367684983
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"