From Tenements to the Taylor Homes: In Search of an Urban Housing Policy in Twentieth-Century America by Bauman, John F.; Biles, Roger; Szylvian, Kristin M. (editors) - 2000

University Park, PA, U.S.A.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. This is a collection of 12 essays that explore the history of American urban housing policy as it developed from the late 19th through the 20th centuries, especially the role of the state in shaping the contours of the middle and working class housing market; contributors include, in addition to the editors, Robert Fairbanks, John Garner, Eric Karolak, Janet Hutchinson, Gail Radford, Thomas Hanchett, Alexander von Hoffman, Arnold Hirsch, Raymond Mohl; also includes an introduction by John Bauman, an epilogue by Roger Biles, bibliographic essay, and photographs (blue pictorial cover; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from an independent bookstore). Trade Paperback. Very Good.