1st Edition

Hovels to High Rise State Housing in Europe Since 1850

By Anne Power Copyright 1993
460 Pages
by Routledge

460 Pages
by Routledge

460 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1993, this book traces how governments in France, Germany, Britain, Denmark and Ireland became involved in replacing industrial revolution urban slums with mass high-rise, high-density concrete estates. As the book considers each country’s housing history and traditions, and analyses the contrasting structures and systems, it finds convergence of problems in the growing... Read more

 

Biography

Anne Power is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics.

‘Her book is a tour de force. It will be read for many years to come…’ David Donnison, Professor Emeritus Centre for Housing Research, University of Glasgow