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American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto -- by Sudhir Venkatesh (Author) (Book)
"High-rise public housing developments were signature features of the postÐWorld War II city. A hopeful experiment in providing temporary, inexpensive housing for all Americans, the "projects" soon...
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Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Reexamining the Purpose and Effects of Housing Assistance -- by Sandra Newman, Ann Schnare (Authors) (Book)
"Policy debate on housing assistance is moving from a focus on how best to alleviate poverty through decent housing alone to how best to reduce economic dependency more broadly. This book seeks to...
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The Urban Housing Crisis: Social, Economic, and Legal Issues and Proposals, Vol. 90 -- by Arlene Zarembka (Author) (Book)
"This concise yet comprehensive new book zeroes in on four major aspects of the current housing crisis: financing, production and preservation, discrimination, and displacement. In each of these...
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Smart Guide to Buying a Home -- by Alfred Glossbrenner (Author) (Book)
"Today's real estate market is hot. It is both a sellers and a buyers market. As a result more and more home buying books are being shelved and purchased at the retail level. This book covers all the...
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In the Shadow of the White House: Drugs, Death, and Redemption on the Streets of the Nation's Capital -- by Mike Tidwell (Author) (Book)
Mike Tidwell's story of counseling homeless drug addicts begins with the startling contrast of the pomp and circumstance of the President's inaugural ceremonies to the desperate poverty in the...
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More Than Houses -- by Millard Fuller (Author) (Book)
"n these pages you will find inspiring, true stories of people who didn't have hope?until they had a home. Stories of children who gained identity and confidence for their future. Of families made...
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Dry Bones Rattling : Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy -- by Mark Warren (Author) (Book)
"Dry Bones Rattling offers the first in-depth treatment of how to rebuild the social capital of America's communities while promoting racially inclusive, democratic participation. The Industrial Areas...
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Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago -- by Lloyd Newman, LeAlan Jones, David Isay, John Brooks (Authors) (Book)
"Every once in a while, voices emerge from a part of the world that we have forgotten or chosen to ignore. Sometimes their words ignite our conscience and rekindle our sense of justice "Our America",...
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Juvenile Violence in a Winner-Loser Culture: Socio-Economic and Familial Origins of the Rise of Violence against the Person -- by Oliver James (Author) (Book)
Using their own official statistics, author Oliver James demonstrates that Home Office claims that violence has not been growing are false. Public debates about violence tend to centre on single-cause...
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There's No Place Like Home: Anthropological Perspectives on Housing and Homelessness in the United States -- by Anna Lou Dehavenon (Author) (Book)
" This collection of essays addresses the lack of shelter--one of the most basic elements of human adaptation--now experienced by many Americans. Based on the presupposition that shelter is a basic...
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