{"product_id":"the-war-on-slums-in-the-southwest-9781439911150","title":"The War on Slums in the Southwest","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe War on Slums in the Southwest\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Fairbanks provides compelling and probing case studies of economic problems and public housing plights in Albuquerque, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and San Antonio. He provides brief histories of each city--all of which expanded dynamically between 1935 and 1965--and how they responded to slums under the Housing Acts of 1937, 1949, and 1954.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Despite being a region where conservative politics has ruled, these Southwestern cities often handled population growth, urban planning, and economic development in ways that closely followed the national account of efforts to eliminate slums and provide public housing for the needy. The War on Slums in the Southwest therefore corrects some misconceptions about the role of slum clearance and public housing in this region as Fairbanks integrates urban policy into the larger understanding of federal and state-based housing policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 1 Cities in the Southwest or Southwestern Cities?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 2 The Public Housing Movement in the Southwest: Cities Battle the Slums before 1937\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 3 Southwestern Cities, Slum Clearance, and the First Permanent Public Housing Program\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 4 From World War II to the Housing Act of 1949: A Moratorium on Slum Clearance and Public Housing for Low-Income Citizens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 5 The Solution Becomes a Problem: The Decline of the Public Housing Movement after the Housing Act of 1949\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 6 From Urban Redevelopment to Urban Renewal in the Southwest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Epilogue: Our War on Poverty, Not Yours on Slums\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Appendix A: Social Scientists and the Changing Discourse on Slums and Poverty: A Brief Note\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Appendix B: Public Housing Built in San Antonio, Houston, Phoenix, and Dallas, 1935–1965\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Appendix C: Occupation of Initial Tenants of Cuney Homes Public Housing in Houston\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Appendix D: Total Number of Public Housing Units Built by Selected Cities by 1967\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408309199191,"sku":"9781439911150","price":66.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439911150.jpg?v=1730502385","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-war-on-slums-in-the-southwest-9781439911150","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}