The Mutual Housing Experiment : New Deal Communities for the Urban Middle Class /

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In 1940, the U.S. Federal Works Agency created an experimental housing program for industrial workers. Eight model communities were leased and later sold to the residents, who formed a non-profit corporation called a mutual housing association. Further development of housing under the mutual housing...

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Main Author: Szylvian, Kristin M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urban policy.
Housing policy.
Housing, Cooperative.
Community development.
HISTORY > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Politique urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Logement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Logement cooperatif > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Community development > United States > History > 20th century.
Urban policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Housing policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Housing, Cooperative > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The New Deal Origins of Mutual Housing; 2. Mutual Housing: "Contingency-Proof" Home Ownership for Labor; 3. Mutually Compatible? Mutual Housing and Modern Architecture; 4. Mutual Housing Offers a "New Day in Housing"; 5. The Mutual Plan's "Arrested" Development; 6. No Fair Deal for Mutual Housing; 7. Mutual Housing: "America's New Housing Economy"?; Epilogue; Appendix; Note on Sources; Notes; Index.

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