Houser: The Life and Work of Catherine Bauer, 1905-64 - Softcover

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Catherine Bauer (1905–64) changed forever the concept of public housing in the United States―and inspired a generation of urban activists to include housing in welfare planning in the mid-20th century. She was one of a small group of idealists who called themselves Housers because of their commitment to raising the quality of urban life through improving shelter for low-income families.

In the late 1920s, Bauer spent time in Paris, where she befriended Ferdinand Leger, Man Ray, and Sylvia Beach, publisher of Ulysses. Back in New York she fell under the spell of urban critic Lewis Mumford. It was at his urging that she became involved with the architects of change in post-World War I Europe, among them Ernst May, Andre Lurcat, and Walter Gropius. Convinced by their example that good social housing could produce good social architecture and moved by the visible ravages of the depression, she became a passionate leader in the fight for housing for
the poor.

Soon established through her critical writings as a housing expert, she lodged the issue of public housing firmly within the New Deal’s agenda and was instrumental in the creation of the first public housing act in 1937. Her book Modern Housing, published in 1934, vividly depicts the essential interdependence of social, economic, and architectural policies in modern life; it is still required college reading. She taught for many years at the University of California Berkeley, as well as Harvard University.

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H. Peter Oberlander is professor emeritus and founding director of the School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, and founder of the UBC Centre for Human Settlements. Eva Newbrun is a social worker, educator, and writer who lives in San Francisco.
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Houser is a well-researched and well-written biography of this talented woman. -- Graham Adams, Jr., CBRA 2093

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  • PublisherUBC Press
  • Publication date2000
  • ISBN 10 0774807210
  • ISBN 13 9780774807210
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