Main entry:

Bowly, Devereux, Jr., author.

Title & Author:

The poorhouse : subsidized housing in Chicago, 1895-1976 / by Devereux Bowly, Jr.

Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [1978]
©1978

Description:

254 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Map on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247) and index.
Philanthropic housing projects -- Early public housing -- Chicago Housing Authority : the war years -- Chicago Housing Authority : the middle years -- Chicago Housing Authority : years of turmoil -- Chicago Dwellings Association -- Chicago Housing Authority : the high-rise years -- The Community Renewal Foundation and the Kate Maremont Foundation -- Federally subsidized, privately sponsored, housing -- Chicago Housing Authority : the fourth decade -- The Illinois Housing Development Authority -- Overview.
Also issued online.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0809308312
9780809308316

Subject:

Chicago Housing Authority History.
Chicago Housing Authority
Armenhaus Hofswürden
Public housing Illinois Chicago History.
Logement social Illinois Chicago Histoire.
Public housing
Wohnungsbaupolitik
Armenhaus
Chicago.
Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Ill.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 64795
Call No.: W7437; ID:85-B8852
Status: Available