Absztrakt

The study surveys publications on the twentieth-century history of residential architecture and policy primarily in German-language publications. The subject of homes is a complex research area, which encompasses various disciplines including the economic history of residential development and the real estate market, the social history of patterns of unequal residential circumstances specific to social strata, cultural historical approaches to the history of homes and home-making, residential development as a social issue in political discourse, and modes of residential practice in the study of everyday life. The diversity of possible analytical approaches make the history of homes a challenging, but fascinating research area. The present survey provides a summary of recent scholarship in this field.