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City of American Dreams: A History of Home Ownership and Housing Reform in Chicago, 1871-1919 - Historical Studies of Urban America Margaret Garb
City of American Dreams: A History of Home Ownership and Housing Reform in Chicago, 1871-1919 - Historical Studies of Urban America
Margaret Garb
The housing market crash shattered Americans' boundless faith in home ownership. This title tells a history of our national obsession with real estate. It reveals that the aspiration for single-family home ownership was forged in impoverished immigrant neighborhoods in industrializing cities.
256 pages, 15 halftones, 6 maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 15, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226282107 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 280 |
| Dimensions | 228 × 152 × 22 mm · 434 g |
| Language | English |