03517nam 2200673 a 450 991081737150332120240508185646.01-282-67922-897866126792230-226-70221-910.7208/9780226702216(CKB)2670000000033507(EBL)557579(OCoLC)648760889(SSID)ssj0000399170(PQKBManifestationID)11278646(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399170(PQKBWorkID)10375562(PQKB)10958303(MiAaPQ)EBC557579(DE-B1597)535802(OCoLC)1135590170(DE-B1597)9780226702216(Au-PeEL)EBL557579(CaPaEBR)ebr10402603(CaONFJC)MIL267922(EXLCZ)99267000000003350719960624d1996 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtccrModern housing for America policy struggles in the New Deal era /Gail Radford1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press19961 online resource (284 p.)Historical studies of urban AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-70222-7 0-226-70223-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-258) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --ONE. American Housing before the Depression --TWO. The Politics of Housing in the 1920's --THREE. Catherine Bauer and the Plan for "Modern Housing" --FOUR. The PWA Housing Division --FIVE. The Hosiery Workers' Model Development --SIX. The Harlem River Houses --SEVEN. The Struggle to Shape Permanent Policy --Conclusion --Notes --IndexIn an era when many decry the failures of federal housing programs, this book introduces us to appealing but largely forgotten alternatives that existed when federal policies were first defined in the New Deal. Led by Catherine Bauer, supporters of the modern housing initiative argued that government should emphasize non-commercial development of imaginatively designed compact neighborhoods with extensive parks and social services. The book explores the question of how Americans might have responded to this option through case studies of experimental developments in Philadelphia and New York. While defeated during the 1930's, modern housing ideas suggest a variety of design and financial strategies that could contribute to solving the housing problems of our own time.Historical studies of urban America.Housing policyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryNew Deal, 1933-1939federal housing, poverty, new deal, development, neighborhood, community, parks, social services, government, assistance, welfare, aid, philadelphia, depression, catherine bauer, politics, history, economics, pwa, hosiery workers, houses, harlem river, nonfiction, urban, city, population, growth, environment, green space, family, labor.Housing policyHistoryNew Deal, 1933-1939.363.5/8/0973Radford Gail1632765MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817371503321Modern housing for America3972150UNINA