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The poorhouse [electronic resource]

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Title The poorhouse [electronic resource] : subsidized housing in Chicago / Devereux Bowly Jr.
Edition 2nd ed.
Publisher Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press
Creation Date 2012
Notes Rev. ed. of: The poorhouse : subsidized housing in Chicago, 1895-1976. c1978.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Philanthropic housing projects -- Early public housing -- Chicago Housing Authority: the war years -- Chicago Housing Authority: the middle years -- Chicago Housing Authority: years of turmoil -- Chicago Dwellings Association -- Chicago Housing Authority: the high-rise years -- The community renewal foundation and the Kate Maremont foundation -- Federally subsidized, privately sponsored housing -- Chicago Housing Authority: the fourth decade -- The Illinois Housing Development Authority -- Chicago Housing Authority: years of decline -- Subsidized housing on other fronts -- Buildup to the transformation -- The transformation of CHA.
Extent 1 online resource (290 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010707299405171
MARC RECORDS
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