Making a better world [[electronic resource] ] : public housing, the Red scare, and the direction of modern Los Angeles / / Don Parson ; foreword by Kevin Starr

• Autore: Parson Donald Craig
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press; [Bristol, : University Presses Marketing, distributor], c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.5850979494
• Soggetto topico: Public housing - California - Los Angeles - History
• Soggetto geografico: Los Angeles (Calif.) History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-266) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Making a better world
• ISBN: 0-8166-9605-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451648303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II