In the wake of war
Subtitle: the reconstruction of German cities after World War II
By: Jeffry M. Diefendorf.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
Subjects: Urban renewal -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.; City planning -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.; Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-392) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: xi; label: 1
title: Bombs and Rubble: The Air War and Its Consequences
pagenum: 3; title: The War from the Air
pagenum: 4; title: Cities of Rubble
pagenum: 13; label: 2
title: Work Amidst the Rubble
pagenum: 18; title: Rubble Clearance and the Repair of Utilities
pagenum: 19; title: Material for Rebuilding
pagenum: 30; title: Labor in the Construction Industry
pagenum: 36; title: Legal and Illegal Building
pagenum: 38; label: 3
title: The Face of Reconstruction: Architectural Style
pagenum: 43; title: The Bauhaus and Deutscher Werkbund
pagenum: 45; title: Heimatschutz and Traditional Architecture
pagenum: 48; title: Nazi Architecture and Neoclassicism
pagenum: 50; title: Postwar Architecture
pagenum: 54; label: 4
title: The Face of Reconstruction: The Role of Historic Preservation
pagenum: 67; title: Principles of Historic Preservation
pagenum: 70; title: Modernizing Cities
pagenum: 74; title: Determined Preservationism
pagenum: 83; title: Modernization and Preservation
pagenum: 90; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 106; label: 5
title: The Housing Problem
pagenum: 108; title: Cooperative Housing
pagenum: 110; title: Housing Policy under the National Socialists
pagenum: 113; title: Postwar Housing
pagenum: 125; label: 6
title: Town Planning to 1945
pagenum: 151; title: Planning Traditions before 1933
pagenum: 152; title: Urban Planning during the Third Reich
pagenum: 158; title: The Representative Cities Program
pagenum: 160; title: From Representative Cities to Reconstruction
pagenum: 166; title: Reconstruction Planning
pagenum: 169; label: 7
title: Planning and Planners after 1945
pagenum: 181; title: The Postwar Planners
pagenum: 182; title: Planning Models
pagenum: 188; title: The Extremes
pagenum: 190; title: Pragmatic Planning
pagenum: 201; title: Traffic Planning
pagenum: 205; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 218; label: 8
title: Reconstruction and Building Law
pagenum: 221; title: The Framework: Building Law and Proposals for Reform to 1945
pagenum: 222; title: The Postwar Debate: Defining the Scope of a New Building Law
pagenum: 225; title: Opposition to the New Laws: Property Rights and Politics
pagenum: 231; title: The Struggle for a National Building Law
pagenum: 235; title: Politics, Democracy, and the Law
pagenum: 240; label: 9
title: Organizing Reconstruction
pagenum: 243; title: The Role of the Allied Occupation Governments
pagenum: 244; title: State and National Reconstruction Agencies
pagenum: 251; title: The National Associations and Their Affiliates
pagenum: 253; title: Organization at the Town Level
pagenum: 255; title: Traditional Practice
pagenum: 255; title: Extraordinary Agencies
pagenum: 258; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 273; label: 10
title: Conclusion
pagenum: 275; title: Notes
pagenum: 285; title: Works Cited
pagenum: 365; title: Index
pagenum: 393