Garden Apartments: The History of a Low-Rent Utopia

Author:   Joshua B. Freeman
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
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9780226841816


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   23 December 2025
Format:   Paperback
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Garden Apartments: The History of a Low-Rent Utopia


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Author:   Joshua B. Freeman
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9780226841816


ISBN 10:   0226841812
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   23 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 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 Index

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“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”


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Joshua 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.

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