LEADER 03517nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910817371503321 005 20240508185646.0 010 $a1-282-67922-8 010 $a9786612679223 010 $a0-226-70221-9 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226702216 035 $a(CKB)2670000000033507 035 $a(EBL)557579 035 $a(OCoLC)648760889 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000399170 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11278646 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399170 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10375562 035 $a(PQKB)10958303 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC557579 035 $a(DE-B1597)535802 035 $a(OCoLC)1135590170 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226702216 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL557579 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402603 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL267922 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000033507 100 $a19960624d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aModern housing for America $epolicy struggles in the New Deal era /$fGail Radford 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1996 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 225 1 $aHistorical studies of urban America 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-70222-7 311 $a0-226-70223-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-258) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tONE. American Housing before the Depression --$tTWO. The Politics of Housing in the 1920's --$tTHREE. Catherine Bauer and the Plan for "Modern Housing" --$tFOUR. The PWA Housing Division --$tFIVE. The Hosiery Workers' Model Development --$tSIX. The Harlem River Houses --$tSEVEN. The Struggle to Shape Permanent Policy --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aIn an era when many decry the failures of federal housing programs, this book introduces us to appealing but largely forgotten alternatives that existed when federal policies were first defined in the New Deal. Led by Catherine Bauer, supporters of the modern housing initiative argued that government should emphasize non-commercial development of imaginatively designed compact neighborhoods with extensive parks and social services. The book explores the question of how Americans might have responded to this option through case studies of experimental developments in Philadelphia and New York. While defeated during the 1930's, modern housing ideas suggest a variety of design and financial strategies that could contribute to solving the housing problems of our own time. 410 0$aHistorical studies of urban America. 606 $aHousing policy$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aNew Deal, 1933-1939 610 $afederal housing, poverty, new deal, development, neighborhood, community, parks, social services, government, assistance, welfare, aid, philadelphia, depression, catherine bauer, politics, history, economics, pwa, hosiery workers, houses, harlem river, nonfiction, urban, city, population, growth, environment, green space, family, labor. 615 0$aHousing policy$xHistory 615 0$aNew Deal, 1933-1939. 676 $a363.5/8/0973 700 $aRadford$b Gail$01632765 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817371503321 996 $aModern housing for America$93972150 997 $aUNINA