Homes by the million : an account of the housing achievement in the U.S.A., 1940-1945 / by Hugh Casson.

Main entry:

Casson, Hugh, 1910-1999, author.

Title & Author:

Homes by the million : an account of the housing achievement in the U.S.A., 1940-1945 / by Hugh Casson.

Publication:

Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books, 1946.

Description:

48 pages : illustrations (including plans) ; 18 x 22 cm

Series:

[Planning, Design and Art; E34].

Notes:
8,000,000 people -- One third of a nation -- Housing is mobilised -- The planners and -- The plan -- Trailers -- The mobile house -- Demountables -- Private war housing -- Dormitories -- Permanent housing -- New Kensington -- Cherry Point -- Windsor Locks -- Temporary -- Planning the site -- Community buildings -- Landscaping -- Technique -- Patents -- External and internal equipment -- Tenants' organisations -- Conclusions.

Subject:

Housing United States.
Working class Dwellings.
Wartime housing United States.
Travailleurs Habitations.
tenement houses.
Housing
United States

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 100410
Call No.: WY1901; ID:85-B15524
Status: Available

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