Title & Author:

A history of European housing in Australia / edited by Patrick Troy.

Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Description:

xiv, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : House and home / Patrick Troy -- Colonial origins of the Australian home / Graeme Davison -- The introduction of order / Susan Marsden -- Making do / Miles Lewis -- Necessity the mother of invention, or do-it-yourself / Tony Dingle -- The industry time forgot / Glenn Mitchell -- Embracing the new : a tale of two rooms / Kimberley Webber -- Making oneself comfortable, or more rooms than persons / Nicholas Brown -- Planning, housing, gardening : home as a garden suburb / Robert Freestone -- The household production of subsistence goods : the urban peasant thesis reassessed / Patrick Mullins and Chris Kynaston -- In her master's house and garden / Katie Holmes -- Connections / Lionel Frost -- The comfortable house : responding to the Australian environment / Graham Holland -- Project homes or homes-as-projects : fashion and utility in twentieth-century Australia / Alastair Greig -- Paying for it all / David Merrett -- Home ownership and the illusion of egalitarianism / Blair Badcock -- Between the houses : neighbouring and privacy / Mark Peel -- 'Poor naked wretches' : a historical overview of Australian homelessness / Clem Lloyd -- Lowering the standard / Patrick Troy.

Summary:

"This collection of essays is the first systematic attempt to explain the social, administrative, technical and cultural history of 'European' housing in Australia. Written by a collaborative team of scholars from a wide range of disciplines, it explains how Australian housing has evolved from the ideas brought by the first settlers, and what makes Australian housing distinctive in social terms. This book covers a broad range of topics including the ways in which houses reflect social values and aspirations, the relationship between houses and gardens, the home as a site of domestic production and consumption, and an exploration of how housing provides the basis for developing a sense of community. The book will be invaluable for students of urban affairs and those engaged in housing and the design professions, as well as policy-makers and analysts in the public and private sectors."--Publisher's information.

Resources:
Table of contents
Book review (H-Net)
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521771951 (alk. paper)
9780521771955 (alk. paper)
052177733X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780521777339 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Housing Australia History.
Dwellings Australia Design and construction History.
Dwellings Design and construction
Housing
Geschichte
Wohnungsbau
Australia
Australien
Domestic architecture.
History.
Houses.
Lifestyle.
Owner occupied housing.
Social conditions.
Social integration.
Social values.
Suburbs.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Troy, Patrick N. (Patrick Nicol), 1936-2018.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 214985
Call No.: HD7379.A3 H5 2000
Status: Available