{"product_id":"the-social-project-9780816689651","title":"The Social Project","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tour de force on the French suburbs and the utopian imaginaries that made them into the twentieth century's largest social experiment. \u003ci\u003eThe Social Project\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone interested in the ‘other Paris’ of the suburban periphery and a brilliant contribution to the urban and architectural history of the French suburbs and to understanding the social ambitions of architecture.\"—Rosemary Wakeman, Fordham University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Social Project\u003c\/i\u003e does important work in uncovering and making available the complex projects, motives, dreams, and politics that made possible the vast expansion of urbanism in postwar France. It reminds us with force and insight that today’s despair and gloominess about such projects was not always the case nor were the current dreary outcomes inevitable.\"—Paul Rabinow, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A thorough history of the development of post-World War II mass housing in France.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Culture Machine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: Building the \u003cem\u003eBanlieue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e1950s: Projects in the Making\u003cb\u003e1. Streamlining Production\u003cb\u003e2. A Bureaucratic Epistemology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e1960s: Architecture Meets Social Science\u003cb\u003e3. Animation to the Rescue\u003cb\u003e4. The Expertise of Participation\u003cb\u003e5. Programming the Villes Nouvelles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e1970s: Consuming Contradictions\u003cb\u003e6. Megastructures in Denial\u003cb\u003e7. The Ultimate Projects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion: Where Is the Social Project?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotes\u003cb\u003eIndex\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405973004631,"sku":"9780816689651","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816689651.jpg?v=1730494101","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-social-project-9780816689651","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}