{"product_id":"single-people-and-mass-housing-in-germany-18501930-9781350282780","title":"Single People and Mass Housing in Germany","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin Eckhold Sassin\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History of Art \u0026amp; Architecture at Middlebury College, USA. Her research focuses on modern architecture and urban culture in Germany and the United States, with a particular interest in how class, gender, and ethnicity inform the built environment. Her most recent work deals with the everyday tragedy of the First World War and the production of architecture within the state of emergency, as well as the intersection of Acoustic Ecology and Architectural History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis insightful study is a must-read for everyone interested in creative approaches to one of the major social crises of the modern age—providing decent, affordable housing for single people living on their own in industrialized cities. * Abigail A. Van Slyck, Dayton Professor Emerita of Art History and Architectural Studies, Connecticut College, USA *\u003cbr\u003eGerman architecture rewritten from the perspective of the single men and women living in mass housing. Meticulously researched, Erin Eckhold Sassin’s book is a major contribution to the histories of modernization and urbanization and their highly gendered designs for living. * Sabine Hake, Texas Chair of German Literature and Culture, University of Texas at Austin, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Unmarried Individual and the “Lodger Problem” 1. Adolph Kolping’s Revolution: Popular Catholicism and Housing “Wild” Youth 2. Beyond the Company Town:  Industrialists House the “Roving Male” 3. Making the Municipality a Home: Appropriate Luxury for All 4. Homes for Women: Between the Domestic Realm and the Public Sphere Extended Conclusion: Weimar Twilight and Continued Relevance of the Ledigenheim Building Type","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407530631511,"sku":"9781350282780","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350282780.jpg?v=1730499686","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/single-people-and-mass-housing-in-germany-18501930-9781350282780","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}