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New Deal ruins : race, economic justice, and public housing policy /

"Public housing was an integral part of the New Deal, as the federal government funded public works to generate economic activity and offer material support to families made destitute by the Great Depression, and it remained a major element of urban policy in subsequent decades. As chronicled i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goetz, Edward G. (Edward Glenn), 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : public housing and urban planning orthodoxy
  • The quiet successes and loud failures of public housing
  • Dismantling public housing
  • Demolition in Chicago, New Orleans and Atlanta
  • "Negro removal" revisited
  • The fate of displaced persons and families
  • Effects and prospects in revitalized neighborhoods
  • Conclusion : the future of public housing.