John F. Bauman is Research Professor of Community Planning and Development at the Muskie School of Public Policy, University of Southern Maine and Professor of History, California University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Public Housing, Race and Renewal: Urban Planning in Philadelphia, 1920–1974 (1987) and, with Thomas Coode, In the Eye of the Great Depression: New Deal Reporters and the Agony of the American People (1988).
Roger Biles is Professor of History at East Carolina University. He has written several books, including Richard J. Daley: Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago (1995) and The South and the New Deal (1994).
Kristin M. Szylvian is Assistant Professor of History at Western Michigan University.
“This volume brings together a talented group of historians known
for their work on the city and its housing. The result is an
important book that also is assignable in undergraduate and
graduate courses. It should emerge as the standard in the field for
many years to come.”—Mark H. Rose,Florida Atlantic University
“These 12 historical essays explore the roots and evolution of
federal low-income housing policy. Relying on primary sources,
contributors take readers from Progressive-Era housing reform to
the recent flirtation with New Urbanism. Arranged chronologically,
individual chapters address (among many other themes) wartime
housing, postwar public housing, the rise of federal mortgage
subsidies and suburbanization, racial discrimination, inner-city
decline, and the move to community-based housing programs. Every
chapter is well researched and well written, and the book has a
coherence not often found in edited collections. An introduction
frames the issues and an epilogue briefly reviews current policies.
Useful chronology, bibliographic essay, and numerous illustrations.
This is an impressive book; its exemplary essays provide the
historical overview that researchers and policy makers need to
function effectively. It would also make an outstanding classroom
text.”—R.A. Beauregard Choice
“Well written and researched, jargon free, and superbly organized,
the volume will appeal to a broad academic audience and to general
readers who are interested in housing and urban development.”—A.
Scott Henderson History
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