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Book SynopsisChronicles the demise of public housing and social democratic reform.
Table of ContentsContents Foreword Kevin StarrPrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Of Politics, Public Housing Projects, and the Modern City1. The New Day of Decent Housing: Building a Public Housing Program2. Homes for Heroes: Public Housing During World War II3. David and Goliath: The Struggle to Expand the Public Housing Program4. The Headline-Happy Public Housing War: Public Housing and McCarthyism5. Old Town, Lost Town, Shabby Town, Crook Town: Bunker Hill and the Modern Cityscape6. This Modern Marvel: Chavez Ravine and the Politics of ModernismConclusion: Thus the Sixties Reap the Folly of the FiftiesChronology of Significant Public Housing Events in Los AngelesAppendix A: The File on Frank WilkinsonAppendix B: SourcesNotesIndex