Blueprint For Disaster: The Unraveling Of Chicago Public Housing

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Book Title: Blueprint For Disaster: The Unraveling Of Chicago Public Hou...

Number of Pages: 392 Pages

Publication Name: Blueprint for Disaster : the Unraveling of Chicago Public Housing

Language: English

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Publication Year: 2010

Item Height: 1 in

Subject: Urban & Land Use Planning, United States / 20th Century, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Sociology / Urban

Item Weight: 22.1 Oz

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 9 in

Subject Area: Political Science, Architecture, Social Science, History

Author: D. Bradford Hunt

Item Width: 6 in

Series: Historical Studies of Urban America Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback