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Housing Reform: A Hand-Book for Practical Use in American Cities.
de VEILLER, Lawrence, with Foreword by Robert W. de Forest
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New York: Charities Publication Committee, 1911. Second printing. Octavo (8" x 5.5"), xii & 213 pages plus [4] pages of advertisements. Publisher's olive cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover.
Spine dull, brief wear at extremities, binding cracked at p. 212 (still secure), text moderately toned, browning at p. 46 from removed newsclipping, text a bit toned, previous owner's name, date, & address in ink & pencil at front pastedown & ffep, good or better & still quite useful.
The author was secretary of the New York State Tenement House Commission & instrumental in drafting the New York State Tenement House Act which mandated better fire exits and running water for bathrooms in every tenement.
Chapters include in part:
Housing Evils and their Significance.
Some Popular Fallacies.
How to Start a Movement for Housing Reform.
Model Tenements and their Limitations.
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- Título
- Housing Reform: A Hand-Book for Practical Use in American Cities.
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- VEILLER, Lawrence, with Foreword by Robert W. de Forest
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- Charities Publication Committee
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- New York
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- 1911
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- Palabras clave
- Housing Reform, Tenement Housing, Slums, Urban Planning, Lawrence Veiller,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Social Movements, Protest, Labor; Architecture; Social Work; Poverty;
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