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Popular Housing and social control in the European cities, XVIIIth-XXth centuries
Abstract:
Since the beginning of the 1980’s, the popular districts of many towns in Europe have been the scene of "urban violences". These events were largely interpreted by the sociologists and the politists, but led to very few historical studies. However, the question of the social control exerted by the authorities upon the inhabitants of the popular zones of residences is a well known question of the historians of the XVIIIth and XIXth centuries. The question of the new shapes of popular housing requires the attention of the historians, as for instance,the « Habitation à bon marché » or the great buildings erected during the second part of the XXth century. The aim of this workshop is thus to invite the researchers to work over the long duration of the urban history, by combining a social history of the urban populations with an history of the representations of the urban spaces. The proposals should be related to :
- public policies led in order to obtain a certain form of social harmony in the city or at least to guarantee the law and order.
- attitudes of the inhabitants, original constructions of solidarity of proximity (neighbourhood’s watches, associations of mutual aid, councils of residents).
- construction, ambivalences and impact of the police regards on the popular housing.
Session conveners:
- Catherine Denys
- Thibault Tellier
Session type: Main
Classification: EM/M - Early Modern to Modern
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