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1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Urban life, landscape, and policy
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Urban life, landscape, and policy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The New Deal Origins of Mutual Housing; 2. Mutual Housing: "Contingency-Proof" Home Ownership for Labor; 3. Mutually Compatible? Mutual Housing and Modern Architecture; 4. Mutual Housing Offers a "New Day in Housing"; 5. The Mutual Plan's "Arrested" Development; 6. No Fair Deal for Mutual Housing; 7. Mutual Housing: "America's New Housing Economy"?; Epilogue; Appendix; Note on Sources; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
In 1940, the U.S. Federal Works Agency created an experimental housing program for industrial workers. Eight model communities were leased and later sold to the residents, who formed a non-profit corporation called a mutual housing association. Further development of housing under the mutual housing plan was stymied by controversies around radical politics and race, and questions over whether the federal government should be involved in housing policy. In The Mutual Housing Experiment, Kristin Szylvian examines 32 mutual housing associations that are still in existence today, and offers strong. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Housing, Cooperative -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Housing, Cooperative. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Housing policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Housing policy. |
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Urban policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Community development -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban. |
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Urban policy. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General. |
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Community development. |
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HISTORY -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Szylvian, Kristin M. Mutual housing experiment 9781439912058 (DLC) 2014047599 (OCoLC)893896006 |
| ISBN |
9781439912072 (electronic book) |
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1439912076 (electronic book) |
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9781439912058 |
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143991205X |
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