A history of housing in New York City [electronic resource] / Richard Plunz ; foreword by Kenneth T. Jackson.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Columbia history of urban life.
Main Author: Plunz, Richard (Author)
Other Authors: Jackson, Kenneth T. (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Edition:Revised edition.
Series:Columbia history of urban life.
Subjects:
Housing > New York (State) > New York > History.
Dwellings > New York (State) > New York > History.
Online Access:
eBook Business Collection (EBSCOhost) - North America: 2016 (EBSCO)
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2016 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2016 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2016 (EBSCO)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Early precedents
  • Legislating the tenement
  • Rich and poor
  • Beyond the tenement
  • The garden apartment
  • Aesthetics and realities
  • Government intervention
  • Pathology of public housing
  • New directions
  • Entropies and atrophies.