Garden apartments : the history of a low-rent utopia / Joshua B. Freeman.

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Freeman, Joshua Benjamin author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut

Title & Author:

Garden apartments : the history of a low-rent utopia / Joshua B. Freeman.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2026.

Description:

262 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Series:

Historical studies of urban America

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Utopian roots -- The garden city comes to America -- New Deal housing -- The garden apartment goes to war -- Garden apartments everywhere -- The experience of community -- Aftermath -- Conclusion : garden apartments and the politics of change.

Summary:

"How a form of multifamily housing with idealistic roots became a ubiquitous model promoted by both public entities and private developers. Eminent historian Joshua Freeman rescues garden apartments-typically low-rise multifamily residences that enclose or are surrounded by landscaped gardens-from their invisibility in the American landscape. He details their outsized influence on housing policy and social policy, as they have helped to reduce class and income inequality. Though partly influenced by the architectural innovations and socialist politics of British garden cities, "Red Vienna," and German modernist housing in the 1920s, these large, centrally managed projects were mostly not public housing, but their capitalist developers worked with governments to keep down rents. The results were often relatively small apartments and large communal spaces, aimed at fostering actual American community"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780226841793 cloth
0226841790
9780226841816 paperback
0226841812
ebook
9780226841809

Subject:

Garden apartments United States History.
Garden apartments Social aspects United States.
Housing policy United States History 20th century.
Appartements-jardins États-Unis Histoire.
Appartements-jardins Aspect social États-Unis.
Logement Politique gouvernementale États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General.

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Historical studies of urban America

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Location: Library main 322993
Call No.: 322993
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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