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3 Building Selective Collectives, 1934–1954

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface v
  3. Contents ix
  4. Illustrations xi
  5. Tables xiv
  6. Introduction: The “Public” in Public Housing 1
  7. I The Prehistory of Public Housing
  8. 1 Coping with the Poor: Techniques and Institutions 19
  9. 2 Rewarding Upward Mobility: Public Lands, Private Houses, and New Communities 92
  10. II Public Housing in Boston
  11. 3 Building Selective Collectives, 1934–1954 161
  12. 4 Managing Poverty and Race, 1955–1980 267
  13. 5 The Boston Housing Authority since 1980: The Puritans Return 347
  14. Notes 395
  15. Credits 447
  16. Index 449
From the Puritans to the Projects
This chapter is in the book From the Puritans to the Projects
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674044579-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface v
  3. Contents ix
  4. Illustrations xi
  5. Tables xiv
  6. Introduction: The “Public” in Public Housing 1
  7. I The Prehistory of Public Housing
  8. 1 Coping with the Poor: Techniques and Institutions 19
  9. 2 Rewarding Upward Mobility: Public Lands, Private Houses, and New Communities 92
  10. II Public Housing in Boston
  11. 3 Building Selective Collectives, 1934–1954 161
  12. 4 Managing Poverty and Race, 1955–1980 267
  13. 5 The Boston Housing Authority since 1980: The Puritans Return 347
  14. Notes 395
  15. Credits 447
  16. Index 449
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