A History of Housing in New York City.
Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's ""metropolis, "" New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any American city, but it has also led the nation in innovation and reform. The horrors of the tenement were perfected in New York a...
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| Online pristup: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | e-knjiga |
| Jezik: | English |
| Izdano: | La Vergne : Columbia University Press, 2016. |
| Serija: | Columbia history of urban life.
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| Sažetak: | Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's ""metropolis, "" New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any American city, but it has also led the nation in innovation and reform. The horrors of the tenement were perfected in New York at the same time that the very rich were building palaces along Fifth Avenue; public housing for the poor originated in New York, as did government subsidies for middle-class housing. A standard in the field since its publication in 1992, A History of Housing in New York City traces New York's housing development from 1850 to. |
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| Opis: | 1 online resource (509 pages) |
| Bibliografija: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-430) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231543107 9780231543101 |
| Pristup: | Access limited to authorized users. |