THE COST OF SHELTER
By
ELLEN H. RICHARDS
Instructor in Sanitary Chemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1905
THE HOUSEHOLD EXISTS FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
Two or more persons form an alliance
- for protection against the outside world;
- for protection against the outside world and for the rearing of children;
- for the greater gain in convenience which the common life can give over that of single effort;
- for companionship;
- for the greater independence it gives to the group;
- for the greater ease in satisfying one's prejudices or whims.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE HOUSE AND WHAT IT SIGNIFIES IN FAMILY LIFE. TYPIFIED IN PIONEER AND COLONIAL HOMES, THE CENTRES OF INDUSTRY AND HOSPITALITY
CHAPTER II
THE HOUSE CONSIDERED AS A MEASURE OF SOCIAL STANDING
CHAPTER III
LEGACIES FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, ILL 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
COST PER PERSON AND PER FAMILY FOR VARIOUS GRADES OF SHELTER
CHAPTER VII
RELATION BETWEEN COST OF SHELTER AND TOTAL INCOME TO BE EXPENDED
CHAPTER VIII
TO RENT OR TO OWN: A DIFFICULT QUESTION
A FEW BOOKS
INDEX
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The Morris Company's Block of Single Houses, with CentralHeating Plant.
The Morris Building Company's Block of Single Houses, withCentral Heating Plant, Brooklyn, New York.
Aerial-view Drawing: The Morris Building Company's Block ofSingle Houses, with Central Heating Plant, Brooklyn, New York.
Floor-plan Drawing: The Morris Building Company's Block ofSingle Houses, with Central Heating Plant, Brooklyn, New York.
Floor-plan Drawing: The Morris Building Company's Block ofSingle Houses, with Central Heating Plant, Brooklyn, New York.
Fig. 6.—Old Kitchen Remodelled. (Stone, Carpenter & Wilson, Architects, Providence, R.I.) Looking toward the range. Servants'sitting-room beyond; porcelain sink at left; boiler.
Fig. 7.—Old Kitchen Remodelled. Showing glass shelvesand labelled glass jars for all stores. Glass mixing table at left.
Figs. 8 and 9.—House for "Mrs. L.," Anywhere in temperateAmerica, to cost $5000, if it must not more.
Figs. 10 and 11.—House for "Mrs. L.," Anywhere intemperate America, to cost only $3000, if possible.(Josselyn & Taylor Co., Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
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