title: The Encyclopedia of Housing
author: Willem van Vliet
description: This multidisciplinary work, which aims to summarize and synthesize current information on housing, draws on sociology, economics, urban studies, political science, architecture, and law to provide broad coverage of the pertinent concepts, organizations, issues, and policies. The 600 or so entries vary in length, with longer entries containing extensive discussion as well as relevant research, critical analysis, policy information, and historical background as appropriate. Though the book focuses primarily on the United States, it includes some international material, and various points of view are represented. Cross references, indexes of subjects and cited authors, and brief bibliographies on most entries add to the encyclopedia's usefulness. About 240 academics and professionals in housing or closely related fields contributed to this volume under the leadership of van Vliet, who has written and edited several works on housing. He notes that the language used is comprehensible across subject specialties and internationally. A welcome addition to the housing literature, which has lacked a general encyclopedia, this is sure to be the standard reference for professionals in housing and related fields as well as policymakers, students, and the educated public. An excellent purchase for all academic and public libraries.AMary Jane Brustman, SUNY at Albany Libs.<br />Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  # The Cost of Shelter
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  CHAPTER I. THE HOUSE AND WHAT IT SIGNIFIES IN
  
  
  FAMILY LIFE; TYPIFIED IN PIONEER AND COLONIAL HOMES, THE CENTERS OF
  
  
  INDUSTRY AND HOSPITALITY.
  
  
  CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE CONSIDERED AS A MEASURE OF
  
  
  SOCIAL STANDING.
  
  
  CHAPTER III. LEGACIES FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
  
  
  NOT ADAPTED TO CHANGED CONDITIONS CAUSE PHYSICAL DETERIORATION AND
  
  
  DOMESTIC FRICTION.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. THE PLACE OF THE HOUSE IN THE SOCIAL
  
  
  ECONOMY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
  
  
  CHAPTER V. POSSIBILITIES IN SIGHT PROVIDED THE
  
  
  HOUSEWIFE IS PROGRESSIVE.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. THE COST PER PERSON AND PER FAMILY OF
  
  
  VARIOUS GRADES OF SHELTER.
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. THE RELATION BETWEEN COST OF HOUSING
  
  
  AND TOTAL INCOME.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. TO OWN OR TO RENT: A DIFFICULT
  
  
  QUESTION.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
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