{"product_id":"from-tenements-to-the-taylor-homes-paperback","title":"From Tenements to the Taylor Homes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn F. Bauman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRoger Biles\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKristin M. Szylvian\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthored by prominent scholars, the twelve essays in this volume use the historical perspective to explore American urban housing policy as it unfolded from the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries. Focusing on the enduring quest of policy makers to restore urban community, the essays examine such topics as the war against the slums, planned suburbs for workers, the rise of government-aided and built housing during the Great Depression, the impact of post-World War II renewal policies, and the retreat from public housing in the Nixon, Carter, and Reagan years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn F. Bauman is Research Professor of Community Planning and Development at the Muskie School of Public Policy, University of Southern Maine and Professor of History, California University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePublic Housing, Race and Renewal: Urban Planning in Philadelphia, 1920-1974 \u003c\/i\u003e(1987) and, with Thomas Coode, \u003ci\u003eIn the Eye of the Great Depression: New Deal Reporters and the Agony of the American People\u003c\/i\u003e (1988).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger Biles is Professor of History at East Carolina University. He has written several books, including \u003ci\u003eRichard J. Daley: Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and \u003ci\u003eThe South and the New Deal \u003c\/i\u003e(1994).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristin M. Szylvian is Assistant Professor of History at Western Michigan University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.98 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47584443171037,"sku":"9780271020136","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/sN_9Y5HjDT9780271020136.webp?v=1773612959","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/from-tenements-to-the-taylor-homes-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}