Young People and Housing brings together new research exploring the economic; social; and cultural challenges that face young people in search of permanent housing. Featuring international case studies from Asia; Europe; and Australia; Young People and Housing is a collection of groundbreaking work from leading scholars in housing policy.Younger generations across a wide range of societies face increasing difficulties in gaining access to housing. Housing occupies a pivotal position in the transition from parental dependence to adult independence. Delayed independence has significant implications for marriage and family formation; fertility; inter and intra generational tensions; social mobility and social inequalities.The social and cultural dimensions are; of course; enormously varied with strong contrasts between Asian and Western societies in terms of intergenerational norms and practices in relation to housing. Nevertheless; younger households in China (including Hong Kong); Japan; the USA; Australasia and Europe face very similar challenges in the housing sphere. Moreover; concerns about the housing future for younger generations are gaining greater policy and popular prominence in many countries.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Worth a Read.By ChuckroastThe author presents The Maestro through the eyes of many of the Singers and Orchestral musicians who worked with him. He shows the many sided personality of a great conductor; he could be extremely demanding and a very autocratic in the pursuit of musical perfection; but at other times he could be thoughtful and full of praise for a musician whom he thought very well of. Lots of quotes about Toscanini from many of the famous musicians of his time. They were from his later years when he conducted the NBC Symphony and out into retirement.Lots of good stuff; but after awhile the continued stories of adoration of the musicians gets a bit tiresome. Not much about his personal life of the man...I would like to know more about his life with his family and others.Worth the read; but it could have been better.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. The Real Toscanini--Toscanini RevealedBy Brian BCesare Civettas new book has a great deal of new material which provides some remarkable insights into this complex; sometimes contradictory and tormented genius. Although this volume sometimes quotes from B.H. Haggins The Toscanini Musicians Knew; there are other interviews with surviving orchestra members and colleagues conducted by Civetta himself. The organization by topic; political; personal and musical is extremely helpful. New to many of us is the quotations from Giuseppe Valdengos "Scusi; conosce Toscanini?" also printed under the title "Ho cantato con Toscanini" in 1962. Valdengo was pricipal baritone in some fo Toscaninis most important opera recordings. The translations of passages from the book into English are phenomenally informative. Valdengo recorded ;literally; many of his conversations with the Maestro. Toscanini may have erupted at his artists in rehearsal but he could be extremely genial and friendly in private. The discussions with Valdengo are like spending an evening with the Maestro and are revelatory. For one thing; though Toscanini hated making recordings; he seems to have been very knowledgeble about old recordings; historical even in his day; and advising Valdengo to study selected discs by Fernando de Lucia; Nazzareno de Angelis and others. He greatly admired Battistini and Tetrazzini. There are other surprises: some critics deprecate Renato Cellinis conducting of RCAs famous 1952 recording of TROVATORE (Milanov; Barbieri; Bjoerling; Warren) but Toscanini admired it tremendously for Cellinis innate sense of Verdian color and tempo transitions.The book also serves as a useful corrective to the sound of Toscaninis sometimes technically imperfect recordings and reveals a man that most musicians loved working with; despite his volcanic temper; the artistic high point of their lives.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Toscanini Compilation of Quotes by Singers MusiciansBy HannibalA compilation of views by many musicians who knew and/or worked with The Maestro. These views are interesting; but are ultimately repetitive and generally well-known. Perhaps to the uninitiated or young singers this may be informative; but for most; this is a hagiography providing few of the insights or fresh information available in several biographies of Toscanini recently published.