Housing & the democratic ideal : the life and thought of Charles Abrams /
Henderson, A. Scott.
Housing & the democratic ideal : the life and thought of Charles Abrams / Housing and the democratic ideal A. Scott Henderson. - New York : Columbia University Press, ©2000. - 1 online resource (xi, 347 pages) - Columbia history of urban life . - Columbia history of urban life. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-331) and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Intellectuals, Housing Policies, and State Expansion -- 1. Immigration and Community in the Expanding Metropolis -- 2. Law, Real Estate, and Praxis -- 3. From Tenement Laws to Housing Authorities: Social Provision and the New Deal State -- 4. Vision and Reality: Implementing Policy on the Local Level -- 5. The Practitioner as Scholar: Urban Studies and the Conflict Between "Land" and "Industry" -- 6. Federal Housing Policies and the Problem of a "Business Welfare State" -- 7. "The Walls of Stuyvesant Town": Urban Redevelopment and the Struggle Between Public and Private Power -- 8. The Quest for Open Housing: Racial Discrimination and the Role of the State -- 9. Cold War, the United Nations, and "Technical Assistance" -- 10. Urban Renewal, the "Perversion" of Social Reform, and Home Ownership for the Poor -- 11. "When the Grey Mist Subsides" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
-- W. Edward Orser, Urban History.
0231505175 9780231505178
10.7312/hend11950 doi
EB00662279 Recorded Books
22573/ctt271sgr JSTOR
Abrams, Charles, 1902-1970.
Abrams, Charles, 1902-1970
1900-1999
Housing policy--History--United States--20th century.
Sociologists--United States--Biography.
Sociologues--États-Unis--Biographies.
Logement--Politique gouvernementale--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--Urban.
Housing policy
Sociologists
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
HD7293 / .H464 2000eb
363.5/092 B
Housing & the democratic ideal : the life and thought of Charles Abrams / Housing and the democratic ideal A. Scott Henderson. - New York : Columbia University Press, ©2000. - 1 online resource (xi, 347 pages) - Columbia history of urban life . - Columbia history of urban life. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-331) and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Intellectuals, Housing Policies, and State Expansion -- 1. Immigration and Community in the Expanding Metropolis -- 2. Law, Real Estate, and Praxis -- 3. From Tenement Laws to Housing Authorities: Social Provision and the New Deal State -- 4. Vision and Reality: Implementing Policy on the Local Level -- 5. The Practitioner as Scholar: Urban Studies and the Conflict Between "Land" and "Industry" -- 6. Federal Housing Policies and the Problem of a "Business Welfare State" -- 7. "The Walls of Stuyvesant Town": Urban Redevelopment and the Struggle Between Public and Private Power -- 8. The Quest for Open Housing: Racial Discrimination and the Role of the State -- 9. Cold War, the United Nations, and "Technical Assistance" -- 10. Urban Renewal, the "Perversion" of Social Reform, and Home Ownership for the Poor -- 11. "When the Grey Mist Subsides" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
-- W. Edward Orser, Urban History.
0231505175 9780231505178
10.7312/hend11950 doi
EB00662279 Recorded Books
22573/ctt271sgr JSTOR
Abrams, Charles, 1902-1970.
Abrams, Charles, 1902-1970
1900-1999
Housing policy--History--United States--20th century.
Sociologists--United States--Biography.
Sociologues--États-Unis--Biographies.
Logement--Politique gouvernementale--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--Urban.
Housing policy
Sociologists
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
HD7293 / .H464 2000eb
363.5/092 B