Housing Strategies in Europe, 1880-1930

Download or read book Housing Strategies in Europe, 1880-1930 written by Colin G. Pooley and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1992 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European urbanization and industrialization reached a peak between 1850-1930 and housing problems came to be of central importance both to the state and to millions of individuals. This is a comparative study of the strategies employed by European governments and European men and women to deal with their chronic housing crisis. This book covers areas from construction of working-class estates to the ways, means and consequences of squatting; from funding of new towns or new suburbs to the domestic economics of taking in lodgers.