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The basic shape of American federal policy in housing as in many other areas, was determined during the New Deal - but not without conflict among movements and intellectuals advocating alternatives. One of these was modern housing - proposals for a radical rethinking of homes and neighbourhoods.

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1: American Housing before the Depression 2: The Politics of Housing in the 1920s 3: Catherine Bauer and the Plan for "Modern Housing" 4: The PWA Housing Division 5: The Hosiery Workers' Model Development 6: The Harlem River Houses 7: The Struggle to Shape Permanent Policy Conclusion Notes Index

Modern Housing for America

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 1/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226702223, 978-0226702223
      ISBN10: 0226702227

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The basic shape of American federal policy in housing as in many other areas, was determined during the New Deal - but not without conflict among movements and intellectuals advocating alternatives. One of these was modern housing - proposals for a radical rethinking of homes and neighbourhoods.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction 1: American Housing before the Depression 2: The Politics of Housing in the 1920s 3: Catherine Bauer and the Plan for "Modern Housing" 4: The PWA Housing Division 5: The Hosiery Workers' Model Development 6: The Harlem River Houses 7: The Struggle to Shape Permanent Policy Conclusion Notes Index

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