A World of Homeowners : American Power and the Politics of Housing Aid /

Is there anything more American than the ideal of homeownership? In this groundbreaking work of transnational history, Nancy H. Kwak reveals how the concept of homeownership became one of America's major exports and defining characteristics around the world. In the aftermath of World War II, Am...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kwak, Nancy H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Colección:Historical Studies of Urban America
Temas:
Federal aid to housing > Political aspects > United States.
Federal aid to housing > United States > History > 20th century.
Home ownership > Political aspects > United States.
Home ownership > United States > History > 20th century.
Housing policy > United States.
HISTORY / General.
power, america, american, united states, usa, politics, political, academic, scholarly, housing, aid, help, federal, urban, homeownership, houses, living conditions, welfare, transnational, study, wwii, postwar, families, family life, industry, economics, economy, growth, success, democratic, boomers, foreign policy, investment, property, capitalism, global, decolonization.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • One. Building a New American Model of Homeownership
  • Two. Combatting Communism with Homeownership
  • Three. Homeownership in an Era of Decolonization
  • Four. Homeownership as Investment
  • Five. Fair Homeownership
  • Six. A Homeownership Consensus?
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index

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