Great Rent Wars: New York, 1917-1929

by Robert M. Fogelson

Book Overview

A groundbreaking account of the early history of rent control

Written by one of the country's foremost urban historians, The Great Rent Wars tells the fascinating but little-known story of the battles between landlords and tenants in the nation's largest city from 1917 through 1929. These conflicts were triggered by the post-war housing shortage, which prompted landlords to raise rents, drove tenants to go on rent strikes, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300191723
• ISBN13: 9780300191721
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.8" x 9.7"