Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Walden, a Shanty or a House? 1
5. 2. Shanties on the Western Frontier 23
6. 3. Shantytowns on the Urban Frontier 54
7. 4. A Working-Poor Ideology of Dwelling 85
8. 5. Squatter Sovereignty: Shantytown’s Broadway Debut 119
9. 6. Transformed by Art and Journalism 142
10. 7. African-American Shantytowns 1860–1940 178
11. 8. Depression-Era Shantytowns 219
12. Epilogue 250
13. Notes 257
14. Acknowledgments 293
15. Credits 295
16. Index 297