High-risers : Cabrini-Green and the fate of American public housing /

High-risers : Cabrini-Green and the fate of American public housing /

Braids personal narratives, city politics and national history to tell the timely and epic story of Chicago's Cabrini-Green, America's most iconic public housing project. Built in the 1940s atop an infamous Italian slum, Cabrini-Green grew to twenty-three towers and a population of 20,000,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Austen, Ben (Author)
Other Authors: Gordon, Robert Philip (Cartographer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Cabrini-Green Homes (Chicago, Ill.) > History.
Cabrini-Green High Impact Program > History.
Public housing > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Low-income housing > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Urban poor > Housing > Illinois > Chicago > History.
African Americans > Housing > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Inner cities > Illinois > Chicago > 20th century > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions.
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations.

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