Title Manufacturing a socialist modernity : housing in Czechoslovakia, 1945-1960 / Kimberly Elman Zarecor

Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2011 ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 383 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Series in Russian and East European studies Contents Introduction: Writing a postwar history -- Phoenix rising : housing and the early debates on socialist modernity -- Typification and standardization : Stavoprojekt and the transformation of architectural practice -- National in form, socialist in content : Sorela and architectural imagery -- A vision of socialist architecture : the late career of Jiří Kroha -- The industrialization of housing : Zlín and the evolution of the Panelák -- Epilogue Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Modern movement (Architecture) -- Czechoslovakia Social change -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- 20th century Socialism -- Czechoslovakia -- 20th century Housing -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- 20th century Dwellings -- Czechoslovakia -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century Architecture and state -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- 20th century Architecture, Domestic -- Political aspects -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- 20th century Architecture, Domestic -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- 20th century ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation. ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments. ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice. ARCHITECTURE -- Reference. ARCHITECTURE -- General. Architecture and state Architecture, Domestic Architecture, Domestic -- Political aspects Dwellings -- Design and construction Housing Modern movement (Architecture) Social change Social conditions Socialism SUBJECT Czechoslovakia -- Social conditions -- 1945-1992. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91002288 Subject Czechoslovakia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2010045864 ISBN 9780822977803 082297780X 9780822973799 0822973790

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