Working-Class Utopias : A History of Cooperative Housing in New York City /

"One of the nation's foremost urban historians traces the history of cooperative housing in New York City from the 1920s through the 1970sAs World War II ended and Americans turned their attention to problems at home, union leaders and other prominent New Yorkers came to believe that coope...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fogelson, Robert M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Co-op City (New York, N.Y.)
Co-op City (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
Housing policy.
Housing, Cooperative.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning.
Logement > Politique gouvernementale > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Logement cooperatif > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Housing policy > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Housing, Cooperative > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
New York (State) > New York.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • The Origins of Cooperative Housing
  • Cooperative Housing after World War II
  • The United Housing Foundation
  • Co-op City
  • A More or Less Auspicious Start
  • Fiscal Troubles
  • Carrying Charges
  • The "Second Front"
  • "No Way, We Won't Pay!"
  • The Great Rent Strike
  • Epilogue.

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