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Shantytown, USA : forgotten landscapes of the working poor / Lisa Goff.

By: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2016]Description: xiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674660458
  • 0674660455
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD 7287.96. U6 G64 2016
Contents:
Walden, a shanty or a house? -- Shanties on the western frontier -- Shantytowns on the urban frontier -- A working-class ideology of dwelling -- Shantytown's Broadway debut -- Transformed by art and journalism -- African American shantytowns -- Depression-era shantytowns.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Non-fiction Main Collection HD 7287.96. U6 G64 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available C20003166

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Walden, a shanty or a house? -- Shanties on the western frontier -- Shantytowns on the urban frontier -- A working-class ideology of dwelling -- Shantytown's Broadway debut -- Transformed by art and journalism -- African American shantytowns -- Depression-era shantytowns.

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