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GUSN-288268
460 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Public housing History.
Housing policy History.
Poor History.
Huisvesting.
Huisvestingsbeleid.
Armen (personen)
Sociale woningbouw.
Sozialwohnung.
Wohnungspolitik.
Housing policy.
Poor.
Public housing.
Vale, Lawrence J., 1959-
Introduction: The "public" in public housing -- pt. 1. The prehistory of public housing. -- Coping with the poor: techniques and institutions -- Rewarding upward mobility: public lands, private houses, and new communities -- pt. 2. Public housing in Boston. -- Building selective collectives, 1934-1954 -- Managing poverty and race, 1955-1980 -- The Boston Housing Authority since 1980: the Puritans return.
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press
460 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-448) and index.
Gift of Carl R. Nold, 2013.
0674002865 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780674002869 (cloth : alk. paper)
Stacks HD7288.78.U52 M48 2000
Massachusetts Boston
Boston
Massachusetts.
Massachusetts
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