The War on Slums in the Southwest: Public Housing and Slum Clearance in Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico, 1935-1965
(Part of the Urban Life, Landscape, and Policy Series Series and Urban Life, Landscape, and Policy Series)
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In "The War on Slums in the Southwest," Robert Fairbanks provides compelling and probing case studies of economic problems and public housing plights in Albuquerque, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and San Antonio. He provides brief histories of each city--all of which expanded dynamically between 1935 and 1965--and how they responded to slums under the Housing Acts of 1937, 1949, and 1954. Despite being a region where conservative politics has ruled, these...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1439911169
ISBN13:9781439911167
Release Date:March 2016
Publisher:Temple University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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