| When Public Housing Was Paradise: Building Community in Chicago Contributor(s): Fuerst, J. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252072138 ISBN-13: 9780252072130 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $22.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
| Dewey: 363.585 |
| LCCN: 2004015283 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.94" W x 9.28" (0.90 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Locality - Chicago, Illinois |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |