When public housing was paradise : building community in Chicago / [edited by] J.S. Fuerst with the assistance of D. Bradford Hunt.

Title & Author:

When public housing was paradise : building community in Chicago / [edited by] J.S. Fuerst with the assistance of D. Bradford Hunt.

Edition:

Pbk. ed.

Publication:

Description:

xvi, 228 pages, [15] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Originally published: Westport, Ct. : Praeger, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index.
Foreword / John Hope Franklin -- Ch. 1 The vision and its implementers : the staff of the CHA (starting p. 9) -- Ch. 2 Laboratories for leadership (starting p. 41) -- Ch. 3 Gateway to the American dream (starting p. 75) -- Ch. 4 Reflections on integration, segregation, and choice (starting p. 101) -- Ch. 5 Investments in the mind : the importance of education (starting p. 125) -- Ch. 6 The building of character : religion, sports, and music (starting p. 151) -- Ch. 7 And the band played on and on ... and then off key : residents who stayed in CHA (starting p. 179)

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

0252072138 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780252072130 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Chicago Housing Authority History.
Chicago Housing Authority.
Public housing Illinois Chicago History.
African Americans Housing Illinois Chicago.
Community development Illinois Chicago History.
African Americans Illinois Chicago Interviews.
Logement social Illinois Chicago Histoire.
Noirs américains Logement Illinois Chicago.
Noirs américains Illinois Chicago Entretiens.
African Americans.
African Americans Housing.
Community development.
Public housing.
Eigenheim
Kommunaler Wohnungsbau
Soziale Situation
Wohnungsbau
Huisvesting.
Gemeenschap (sociologie)
Logement social États-Unis Chicago (Ill.)
Noirs États-Unis Chicago (Ill.)
Développement communautaire États-Unis Chicago (Ill.)
Noirs américains Entretiens.
Illinois Chicago.
Chicago, Ill.
Schwärze
USA

Form/genre:

interviews.
History.
Interviews.

Added entries:

Fuerst, J. S.
Hunt, D. Bradford, 1968-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 256838
Call No.: BIB 187272
Status: Available

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