In the wake of war : the reconstruction of German cities after World War II /
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| Author / Creator: | Diefendorf, Jeffry M., 1945- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 1993. |
| Description: | xx, 403 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1428441 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1.. Bombs and Rubble: The Air War and Its Consequences
- The War from the Air
- Cities of Rubble
- 2.. Work Amidst the Rubble
- Rubble Clearance and the Repair of Utilities
- Material for Rebuilding
- Labor in the Construction Industry
- Legal and Illegal Building
- 3.. The Face of Reconstruction: Architectural Style
- The Bauhaus and Deutscher Werkbund
- Heimatschutz and Traditional Architecture
- Nazi Architecture and Neoclassicism
- Postwar Architecture
- 4.. The Face of Reconstruction: The Role of Historic Preservation
- Principles of Historic Preservation
- Modernizing Cities
- Determined Preservationism
- Modernization and Preservation
- Conclusion
- 5.. The Housing Problem
- Cooperative Housing
- Housing Policy under the National Socialists
- Postwar Housing
- 6.. Town Planning to 1945
- Planning Traditions before 1933
- Urban Planning during the Third Reich
- The Representative Cities Program
- From Representative Cities to Reconstruction
- Reconstruction Planning
- 7.. Planning and Planners after 1945
- The Postwar Planners
- Planning Models
- The Extremes
- Pragmatic Planning
- Traffic Planning
- Conclusion
- 8.. Reconstruction and Building Law
- The Framework: Building Law and Proposals for Reform to 1945
- The Postwar Debate: Defining the Scope of a New Building Law
- Opposition to the New Laws: Property Rights and Politics
- The Strugle for a National Building Law
- Politics, Democracy, and the Law
- 9.. Organizing Reconstruction
- The Role of the Allied Occupation Governments
- State and National Reconstruction Agencies
- The National Associations and Their Affiliates
- Organization at the Town Level
- Traditional Practice
- Extraordinary Agencies
- Conclusion
- 10.. Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index