The War on Slums in the Southwest: Public Housing and Slum Clearance in Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico, 1935-1965

by Robert B Fairbanks and Robert B. Fairbanks

Book Overview

In "The War on Slums in the Southwest," Robert Fairbanks provides compelling and probing case studies of economic problems and public housing plights in Albuquerque, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and San Antonio. He provides brief histories of each city--all of which expanded dynamically between 1935 and 1965--and how they responded to slums under the Housing Acts of 1937, 1949, and 1954. Despite being a region where conservative politics has ruled, these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439911169
• ISBN13: 9781439911167
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"