The new day of decent housing : building a public housing program -- Homes for heroes : public housing during World War II -- David and Goliath : the struggle to expand the public housing program -- The "headline-happy public housing war" : public housing and the Red Scare -- "Old town, lost town, shabby town, crook town" : Bunker Hill and the modern cityscape -- This modern marvel : Chavez Ravine and the politics of modernism
Summary
With sharp historical perspective, Making a Better World traces the rise and fall of a public housing ethic in Los Angeles and its impact on the city's built environment. Don Parson's examination not only gives us the recent history of a city but also opens up a new debate on a current national crisis in providing shelter for low-income Americans
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-266) and index
