02642nam 2200577Ia 450 991045164830332120200520144314.00-8166-9605-5(CKB)1000000000346733(EBL)310717(OCoLC)476095855(SSID)ssj0000195719(PQKBManifestationID)11180236(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195719(PQKBWorkID)10130767(PQKB)10344267(MiAaPQ)EBC310717(OCoLC)228144178(MdBmJHUP)muse39385(Au-PeEL)EBL310717(CaPaEBR)ebr10151249(CaONFJC)MIL523188(EXLCZ)99100000000034673320050419d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaking a better world[electronic resource] public housing, the Red scare, and the direction of modern Los Angeles /Don Parson ; foreword by Kevin StarrMinneapolis, Minn. University of Minnesota Press ;[Bristol University Presses Marketing, distributor]c20051 online resource (312 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4370-9 0-8166-4369-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-266) and index.The new day of decent housing : building a public housing program --Homes for heroes : public housing during World War II --David and Goliath : the struggle to expand the public housing program --The "headline-happy public housing war" : public housing and the Red Scare --"Old town, lost town, shabby town, crook town" : Bunker Hill and the modern cityscape --This modern marvel : Chavez Ravine and the politics of modernism.With sharp historical perspective, Making a Better World traces the rise and fall of a public housing ethic in Los Angeles and its impact on the city's built environment. Don Parson's examination not only gives us the recent history of a city but also opens up a new debate on a current national crisis in providing shelter for low-income Americans.Public housingCaliforniaLos AngelesHistoryLos Angeles (Calif.)HistoryElectronic books.Public housingHistory.363.5850979494Parson Donald Craig908592MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451648303321Making a better world2032107UNINA