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the reconstruction of German cities after World War II

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City planning, History, Reconstruction (1939-1951), Urban renewal, Reconstruction (1939-1951), germany, City planning, germany

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Germany

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20th century

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Page xi
1. Bombs and Rubble: The Air War and Its Consequences
Page 3
The War from the Air
Page 4
Cities of Rubble
Page 13
2. Work Amidst the Rubble
Page 18
Rubble Clearance and the Repair of Utilities
Page 19
Material for Rebuilding
Page 30
Labor in the Construction Industry
Page 36
Legal and Illegal Building
Page 38
3. The Face of Reconstruction: Architectural Style
Page 43
The Bauhaus and Deutscher Werkbund
Page 45
Heimatschutz and Traditional Architecture
Page 48
Nazi Architecture and Neoclassicism
Page 50
Postwar Architecture
Page 54
4. The Face of Reconstruction: The Role of Historic Preservation
Page 67
Principles of Historic Preservation
Page 70
Modernizing Cities
Page 74
Determined Preservationism
Page 83
Modernization and Preservation
Page 90
Conclusion
Page 106
5. The Housing Problem
Page 108
Cooperative Housing
Page 110
Housing Policy under the National Socialists
Page 113
Postwar Housing
Page 125
6. Town Planning to 1945
Page 151
Planning Traditions before 1933
Page 152
Urban Planning during the Third Reich
Page 158
The Representative Cities Program
Page 160
From Representative Cities to Reconstruction
Page 166
Reconstruction Planning
Page 169
7. Planning and Planners after 1945
Page 181
The Postwar Planners
Page 182
Planning Models
Page 188
The Extremes
Page 190
Pragmatic Planning
Page 201
Traffic Planning
Page 205
Conclusion
Page 218
8. Reconstruction and Building Law
Page 221
The Framework: Building Law and Proposals for Reform to 1945
Page 222
The Postwar Debate: Defining the Scope of a New Building Law
Page 225
Opposition to the New Laws: Property Rights and Politics
Page 231
The Struggle for a National Building Law
Page 235
Politics, Democracy, and the Law
Page 240
9. Organizing Reconstruction
Page 243
The Role of the Allied Occupation Governments
Page 244
State and National Reconstruction Agencies
Page 251
The National Associations and Their Affiliates
Page 253
Organization at the Town Level
Page 255
Traditional Practice
Page 255
Extraordinary Agencies
Page 258
Conclusion
Page 273
10. Conclusion
Page 275
Notes
Page 285
Works Cited
Page 365
Index
Page 393

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-392) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
307.76/0943/09045
Library of Congress
HT178.G4 D54 1993, HT178.G4D54 1993

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xx, 403 p. :
Number of pages
403

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OL1724460M
Internet Archive
wakewarreconstru00dief
ISBN 10
0195072197
LCCN
92028145
OCLC/WorldCat
26351757
Library Thing
1606148
Goodreads
1097076

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