Mass housing : modern architecture and state power-a global history
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Published
London ; Bloomsbury Visual Arts, [2021].
ISBN
9781474229272, 1474229271, 9781474222501, 1474222501
Physical Desc
xi, 675 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Providence Public - Level 1 Book Stacks | 720.103 G558 2021 | On Shelf |
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Published
London ; Bloomsbury Visual Arts, [2021].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781474229272, 1474229271, 9781474222501, 1474222501
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"This major work provides the first comprehensive history of one of modernism's most defining and controversial architectural legacies: the 20th-century drive to provide 'homes for the people'. Vast programmes of mass housing - high-rise, low-rise, state-funded, and built in the modernist style - became a truly global phenomenon, leaving a legacy which has suffered waves of disillusionment in the West but which is now seeing a dramatic, 21st-century renaissance in the booming, crowded cities of East Asia. Providing a global approach to the history of Modernist mass-housing production, this authoritative study combines architectural history with the broader social, political, cultural aspects of mass housing - particularly the 'mass' politics of power and state-building throughout the 20th century. Exploring the relationship between built form, ideology, and political intervention, it shows how mass housing not only reflected the transnational ideals of the Modernist project, but also became a central legitimizing pillar of nation-states worldwide. In a compelling narrative which likens the spread of mass housing to a 'Hundred Years War' of successive campaigns and retreats, it traces the history around the globe from Europe via the USA, Soviet Union and a network of international outposts, to its ultimate, optimistic resurgence in China and the East - where it asks: Are we facing a new dawn for mass housing, or another 'great housing failure' in the making?"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Glendinning, M. (2021). Mass housing: modern architecture and state power-a global history . Bloomsbury Visual Arts.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Glendinning, Miles, 1956-. 2021. Mass Housing: Modern Architecture and State Power-a Global History. Bloomsbury Visual Arts.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Glendinning, Miles, 1956-. Mass Housing: Modern Architecture and State Power-a Global History Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Glendinning, Miles. Mass Housing: Modern Architecture and State Power-a Global History Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021.
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