Shelter Poverty
by Project Muse, Stone, Michael E.
fromUPCC book collections on Project MUSE
Redefines concepts of shelter, poverty and housing affordability in context of the history of housing, reform and social change.
" ... The most originalâ€"and profoundly disturbingâ€"work on the critical issue of housing affordability ..." â€"Chester Hartman, President, Poverty and Race Research Action CouncilIn Shelter Poverty, Michael E. Stone presents the definitive discussion of housing and social jus…
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"Mary C. Comerio provides detailed case studies of housing losses and rebuilding efforts in six recent urban disasters: Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina, Hurricane Andrew in Florida, the Loma Prieta and Northridge earthquakes in California, and the recent major earthquakes in Me…
Annotation
Chronicles the development of American suburbs, compares American residential patterns with those of Europe and Japan, and discusses how society's views of the metropolis have changed throughout history. This first full scale history of the development of the American suburb ex…
"This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how 'the good life' in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace. Integrating social history with economic and arc…