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Bowly, Devereux, 1942-

The poorhouse subsidized housing in Chicago / [electronic resource] : Devereux Bowly Jr. - 2nd ed. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012. - ix, 276 p. : ill.

Rev. ed. of: The poorhouse : subsidized housing in Chicago, 1895-1976. c1978.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Philanthropic housing projects -- Early public housing -- Chicago Housing Authority: the war years -- Chicago Housing Authority: the middle years -- Chicago Housing Authority: years of turmoil -- Chicago Dwellings Association -- Chicago Housing Authority: the high-rise years -- The community renewal foundation and the Kate Maremont foundation -- Federally subsidized, privately sponsored housing -- Chicago Housing Authority: the fourth decade -- The Illinois Housing Development Authority -- Chicago Housing Authority: years of decline -- Subsidized housing on other fronts -- Buildup to the transformation -- The transformation of CHA.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780809390687 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Public housing--History.--Illinois--Chicago

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD7304.C4 / B68 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 363.5/820977311