At Home in Postwar France

<ul> <li> Examines key groups of actors involved in the development of the modern mass home in France after World War II and argus that modernizers looked to the home as a site for social engineering and nation-building while designers and advocates of the modern home contributed to the democratization of French society.</li> <li> Identifies the right to comfort as an invention of the postwar period.</li> <li> Suggests that the modern mass home played a vital role in shaping new expectations for well-being and happiness.</li></ul>