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Modern Housing for America: Policy Struggles in the New Deal Era
University of Chicago Press, 1996 Paper: 978-0-226-70223-0 | Cloth: 978-0-226-70222-3 | eISBN: 978-0-226-70221-6 Library of Congress Classification HD7293.R28 1996 Dewey Decimal Classification 363.580973
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In an era when many decry the failures of federal housing programs, this book introduces us to appealing but largely forgotten alternatives that existed when federal policies were first defined in the New Deal. Led by Catherine Bauer, supporters of the modern housing initiative argued that government should emphasize non-commercial development of imaginatively designed compact neighborhoods with extensive parks and social services. The book explores the question of how Americans might have responded to this option through case studies of experimental developments in Philadelphia and New York. While defeated during the 1930s, modern housing ideas suggest a variety of design and financial strategies that could contribute to solving the housing problems of our own time. See other books on: City Planning & Urban Development | Housing policy | New Deal Era | New Deal, 1933-1939 | Radford, Gail See other titles from University of Chicago Press |
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