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J Urban Hist ; 36(6): 792-813, 2010.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21141450

ABSTRACT

This essay reexamines the history of public housing and the controversy it generated from the Great Depression to the Cold War. By recasting that history in the global arena, it demonstrates that the debate over public housing versus homeownership was also a debate over the meaning of American citizenship and democracy, pointing up starkly divergent notions about what was and was not American. Through an examination of national conflicts and neglected local struggles, this article further shows that the fight over public housing was far more meaningful and volatile than traditionally assumed. Both critics and advocates of public housing drew from international experiences and imagery in positioning the home as a constitutive feature of citizenship in American democracy. Fears of Bolshevism, fascism, and communism served to internationalize issues of race, space, and housing and together shaped the decision of whether a decent home was an American right or privilege.


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Democracy , Government Programs , Public Housing , Residence Characteristics , Social Responsibility , Social Welfare , Civil Rights/economics , Civil Rights/education , Civil Rights/history , Civil Rights/legislation & jurisprudence , Civil Rights/psychology , Cost-Benefit Analysis/economics , Cost-Benefit Analysis/history , Cost-Benefit Analysis/legislation & jurisprudence , Cultural Characteristics/history , Government Programs/economics , Government Programs/education , Government Programs/history , Government Programs/legislation & jurisprudence , History, 20th Century , Ownership/economics , Ownership/history , Ownership/legislation & jurisprudence , Political Systems/history , Population Dynamics/history , Public Housing/history , Residence Characteristics/history , Social Welfare/economics , Social Welfare/ethnology , Social Welfare/history , Social Welfare/legislation & jurisprudence , Social Welfare/psychology , United States/ethnology
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