New Deal ruins : race, economic justice, and public housing policy / Edward G. Goetz.

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"Public housing was an integral part of the New Deal, as the federal government funded public works to generate economic activity and offer material support to families made destitute by the Great Depression, and it remained a major element of urban policy in subsequent decades. As chronicled in New...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goetz, Edward G. (Edward Glenn), 1957- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Public housing > Government policy > United States.
Housing policy > United States.
Relocation (Housing) > United States.
Urban policy > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Housing policy.
Public housing > Government policy.
Relocation (Housing)
Urban policy.
United States.
Logement social > États-Unis.
Politique du logement > États-Unis.
Politique urbaine > États-Unis.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (JSTOR)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction : public housing and urban planning orthodoxy
  • The quiet successes and loud failures of public housing
  • Dismantling public housing
  • Demolition in Chicago, New Orleans and Atlanta
  • "Negro removal" revisited
  • The fate of displaced persons and families
  • Effects and prospects in revitalized neighborhoods
  • Conclusion : the future of public housing.