The progressives and the slums: Tenement house reform in New York City, 1890-1917

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Sujet

, logement, quartier dégradé, relogement, renouvellement urbain, insalubrité, bidonville, mouvement social, histoire urbaine, pauvreté, New York, tenement, nineteenth century, dix-neuvième siècle, twentieth century, vingtième siècle, Lubove Roy, Veiller Lawrence, Riis Jacob A.

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Contents:

1. The origins of tenement reform, 1830-1865 2. The tenement comes of age, 1866-1890 3. Jacob A. Riis: Portrait of a reformer 4. The Tenement House Committee of 1894 5. Lawrence Veiller and the New York Tenement House Commission of 1900 6. The age of Veiller 7. The professional good neighbor 8. Progressivism, planning and housing Appendices The late Roy Lubove was Professor of Social Welfare and History at the University of Pittsburgh.

Créateur

Roy Lubove

Éditeur

University of Pittsburgh Press

Date

1962

Format

304

Type

Ouvrage

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http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=31735057895611;view=toc;c=pittpress