Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 172 Richards, Ellen H. (Ellen Henrietta) 1842 1911 Swallow, Ellen Richards, Ellen Henrietta The Cost of Shelter Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Andrea Ball and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Cost of Shelter" by Ellen H. Richards is a social and economic analysis published in the early 20th century. The book explores the implications of housing on family life, social status, and economic stability in society, particularly focusing on the challenges faced by average-income families. Richards delves into the historical evolution of housing, the significance of shelter in emotional and physical well-being, and critiques the standards of living that dictate the costs associated with home ownership. At the start of the text, Richards sets the stage for her inquiry by connecting the notion of 'home' to feelings of safety, belonging, and community. She examines how housing conditions have changed from earlier times to her present and raises concerns about the physical and emotional strains imposed by modern urban living arrangements. The opening discusses the essential roles that homes play in family life, touching on themes such as societal expectations, evolving economic pressures, and the psychological effects of living environments on individuals and families. Additionally, she warns against a growing reliance on ostentatious displays of wealth linked to living spaces, urging a re-evaluation of priorities in defining a true home. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Home economics Building TX Text Technology Browsing: Cooking & Drinking Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: How To... 205809 204135 2024-10-05T17:30:28.004836 2023-10-06T05:08:27.330532 text/html text/html 201777 2020-12-14T22:40:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 185513 2020-12-14T22:40:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 260966 2024-10-05T17:30:33.584841 application/epub+zip 262764 2024-10-05T17:30:29.762827 application/epub+zip 140917 2024-10-05T17:30:28.633832 application/epub+zip 374660 2024-10-05T17:30:36.487857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355677 2024-10-05T17:30:32.833852 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 212733 2022-09-06T20:16:33.314252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 178655 178575 2024-10-05T17:30:27.308884 2023-10-06T05:08:26.799521 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 179971 2020-12-14T22:40:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 69512 2020-12-14T22:40:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 179962 2020-12-14T22:40:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 69487 2020-12-14T22:40:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22092 2024-10-05T17:30:36.615794 application/rdf+xml 11754 2024-10-05T17:30:29.185867 image/jpeg 3222 2024-10-05T17:30:28.911849 image/jpeg 247029 2024-10-05T17:30:28.041854 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia