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Houser

The Life and Work of Catherine Bauer, 1905-64

by (author) H. Peter Oberlander & Eva M. Newbrun

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2000
Category
Women, City Planning & Urban Development
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774807210
    Publish Date
    Feb 2000
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774807203
    Publish Date
    Jun 1999
    List Price
    $95.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774842006
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $99.00

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Description

Catherine Bauer changed forever the concept of social housing and inspired a generation of urban activists to integrate public housing into the emerging welfare state of 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.

 

The story of her life and achievement is full of famous names in art and architecture.  Her visionary teachings about the need for housing for the poor and disadvantaged, and the symbiotic relationship between good housing and a healthy society, remain as relevant as ever.

About the authors

Contributor Notes

H. Peter Oberlander is Professor Emeritus of Community and Regional Planning at UBC and founder of the UBC Centre for Human Settlements. Eva M. Newbrun first became interested in housing issues as a social care worker. She lives in San Francisco and has been writing professionally for the past twenty-five years.

Editorial Reviews

Peter Oberlander and Eva Newbrun have traced her career in meticulous detail and written a highly readable account of her life and times. Ostensibly a biography of Catherine, their book is simultaneously a biography of the Housing Movement that she helped to spawn and of the early City Planning Movement in which she was an active participant.

Berkeley Planning Journal 14 (2000): 138-140

Houser is a well-researched and well-written biography of this talented woman.

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