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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Joshua B. FreemanPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.399kg ISBN: 9780226841816ISBN 10: 0226841812 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 23 December 2025 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Utopian Roots 2 The Garden City Comes to America 3 New Deal Housing 4 The Garden Apartment Goes to War 5 Garden Apartments Everywhere 6 The Experience of Community 7 Aftermath Conclusion: Garden Apartments and the Politics of Change Acknowledgments Notes Illustration Credits IndexReviews“Freeman has crafted an original book that adds fundamentally to our knowledge of twentieth-century housing in the United States. Garden apartments, never before the focus of significant study, prove a fascinating vehicle to study housing policy across twentieth-century America.” -- Ann Durkin Keating, author of “Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs: A Historical Guide” Author InformationJoshua B. Freeman is distinguished professor of history emeritus at Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is the author of American Empire: The Rise of a Global Power, the Democratic Revolution at Home, 1945–2000; Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World; and Working-Class New York: Life and Labor Since World War II. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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