LEADER 02642nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910451648303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-9605-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000346733 035 $a(EBL)310717 035 $a(OCoLC)476095855 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000195719 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180236 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195719 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10130767 035 $a(PQKB)10344267 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310717 035 $a(OCoLC)228144178 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39385 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310717 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10151249 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL523188 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000346733 100 $a20050419d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaking a better world$b[electronic resource] $epublic housing, the Red scare, and the direction of modern Los Angeles /$fDon Parson ; foreword by Kevin Starr 210 $aMinneapolis, Minn. $cUniversity of Minnesota Press ;$a[Bristol $cUniversity Presses Marketing, distributor]$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (312 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4370-9 311 $a0-8166-4369-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-266) and index. 327 $tThe new day of decent housing : building a public housing program --$tHomes for heroes : public housing during World War II --$tDavid and Goliath : the struggle to expand the public housing program --$tThe "headline-happy public housing war" : public housing and the Red Scare --$t"Old town, lost town, shabby town, crook town" : Bunker Hill and the modern cityscape --$tThis modern marvel : Chavez Ravine and the politics of modernism. 330 $aWith 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. 606 $aPublic housing$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory 607 $aLos Angeles (Calif.)$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPublic housing$xHistory. 676 $a363.5850979494 700 $aParson$b Donald Craig$0908592 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451648303321 996 $aMaking a better world$92032107 997 $aUNINA