Main entry:

Stieber, Nancy.

Title & Author:

Housing design and society in Amsterdam : reconfiguring urban order and identity, 1900-1920 / Nancy Stieber.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.

Description:

viii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-365) and index.
Ch. 1. The Politics of Daily Life -- Ch. 2. Social Hygiene and Aesthetics -- Ch. 3. Setting Housing Standards -- Ch. 4. Civilizing the Working Class -- Ch. 5. The Standard Plan -- Ch. 6. Controlling Urban Aesthetics -- Ch. 7. Reforming Workers' Taste -- Ch. 8. Normalization of the Facade.
English.

Summary:

Nancy Stieber emphasizes in this text the tensions involved in making architectural design a social practice, while she seeks to demonstrate the success of this collective enterprise in bringing about effective social policy and aesthetic progress.

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ISBN:

0226774171 (alk. paper)
9780226774176 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Working class Dwellings Netherlands Amsterdam History 20th century.
Architecture and state Netherlands Amsterdam.
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts.
Architecture.
Travailleurs Habitations Pays-Bas Amsterdam Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Pays-Bas Amsterdam.
Architecture and state
Buildings
Working class Dwellings
Arbeiterklasse
Städtebau
Wohnungsbau
Gesellschaft
Haus
Woningbouw.
Bouwkunst.
Sociaal-economisch beleid.
Sociale ontwikkeling.
Architecture et État Pays-Bas Amsterdam Histoire 20e siècle.
Amsterdam (Netherlands) Buildings, structures, etc.
Amsterdam (Pays-Bas) Constructions.
Netherlands Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Niederlande
Geschichte 1900-1920

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 200839
Call No.: NA7555.N4 S75 1998
Status: Available