10. Urban Renewal, the “Perversion” of Social Reform, and Home Ownership for the Poor

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Intellectuals, Housing Policies, and State Expansion 1
5. 1. Immigration and Community in the Expanding Metropolis 8
6. 2. Law, Real Estate, and Praxis 24
7. 3. From Tenement Laws to Housing Authorities: Social Provision and the New Deal State 45
8. 4. Vision and Reality: Implementing Policy on the Local Level 60
9. 5. The Practitioner as Scholar: Urban Studies and the Conflict Between “Land” and “Industry” 83
10. 6. Federal Housing Policies and the Problem of a “Business Welfare State” 99
11. 7. “The Walls of Stuyvesant Town”: Urban Redevelopment and the Struggle Between Public and Private Power 122
12. 8. The Quest for Open Housing: Racial Discrimination and the Role of the State 146
13. 9. Cold War, the United Nations, and “Technical Assistance” 173
14. 10. Urban Renewal, the “Perversion” of Social Reform, and Home Ownership for the Poor 193
15. 11. “When the Grey Mist Subsides” 215
16. Notes 231
17. Bibliography 315
18. Index 333