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Blueprint for disaster : the unraveling of Chicago public housing

Title
Blueprint for disaster : the unraveling of Chicago public housing / D. Bradford Hunt.
Author
Hunt, D. Bradford, 1968-
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

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Description
x, 380 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Historical studies of urban America
Uniform Title
Historical studies of urban America.
Subject
  • Chicago Housing Authority > History > 20th century
  • Public housing > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-354) and index.
Contents
What went wrong with public housing in Chicago? -- The 1937 Housing Act revisited -- Building the Chicago Housing Authority -- Clearing Chicago's slums -- The end of integration and the taming of the CHA -- Designing high-rise disasters -- Planning a social disaster -- The loss of the working class -- The tenants revolt -- The Gautreaux case and the limits of judicial activism -- The long road to rebirth -- The unraveling of Chicago public housing.
Call Number
JFE 09-3568
ISBN
  • 9780226360850 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226360857 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009006297
OCLC
262429594
Author
Hunt, D. Bradford, 1968-
Title
Blueprint for disaster : the unraveling of Chicago public housing / D. Bradford Hunt.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Series
Historical studies of urban America
Historical studies of urban America.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-354) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 09-3568
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