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When Public Housing was Paradise

When Public Housing was Paradise
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 0252072138
ISBN-13 : 9780252072130
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Book Synopsis When Public Housing was Paradise by : J. S. Fuerst

Download or read book When Public Housing was Paradise written by J. S. Fuerst and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collecting seventy-nine oral histories from former public housing residents and staff, J. S. Fuerst's When Public Housing Was Paradise is a powerful testament to the fact that well-designed, well-managed low-rent housing has worked, as well as a demonstration of how it could be made to work again. J. S. Fuerst has been involved with public housing in Chicago for more than half a century. He retired from Loyola University, where he was a professor of social welfare policy. He was the editor of Public Housing in Europe and America. D. Bradford Hunt is an assistant professor of social science at Roosevelt University. John Hope Franklin is James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University. He has served as president of the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and many more.


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