Slums and Housing. Volume I Slums and Housing: History, Conditions, Policy—With Special Reference to New York City

PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER I WHAT IS A SLUM? PART I HISTORY OF HOUSING IN NEW YORK CITY AND GENESIS OF MODERN HOUSING PRACTICE CHAPTER II THE ORIGINS AND EARLY HISTORY OF HOUSING IN NEW YORK CITY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CHAPTER III HOUSING PROGRESS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CHAPTER IV THE BEGINNING OF THE TENEMENT ERA 1800-1850 CHAPTER V THE PERIOD OF TENEMENT-HOUSE REFORM 1850-1900 CHAPTER VI THE ENLARGING CONCEPT OF HOUSING CHAPTER VII HAS THERE BEEN PROGRESS? PART II CONTEMPORARY CONDITIONS — CAUSES AND EFFECTS CHAPTER VIII PHYSICAL BACKGROUND OF URBAN HOUSING CHAPTER IX NEW YORK COMPARED WITH OTHER CITIES CHAPTER Χ LOCAL SURVEYS CHAPTER XI POPULATION AND ECONOMIC FACTORS CHAPTER XII RACIAL DISTRIBUTION AND NEGRO HOUSING CHAPTER XIII HOUSING CONDITIONS OF NON-FAMILY GROUPS CHAPTER XIV DISTRIBUTION OF MORTALITY AND DISEASE CHAPTER XV HOUSING AND HEALTH CHAPTER XVI SLUMS AND CRIME DISTRIBUTION CHAPTER XVII THE EFFECTS OF BAD HOUSING IN TERMS OF CRIME AND OTHER ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR CHAPTER XVIII THE SOCIAL COST OF SLUMS AND INFERIOR HOUSING PART III SLUM PREVENTION CHAPTER XIX CAUSATIVE FACTORS OF SLUMS AND BLIGHTED AREAS CHAPTER XX SLUM PREVENTION THROUGH SOCIAL CONTROL OF CAUSATIVE FACTORS CHAPTER XXI INDUSTRIAL DECENTRALIZATION CHAPTER XXII THE SUBURBAN MOVEMENT AND RESIDENTIAL DECENTRALIZATION CHAPTER XXIII CITY PLANNING IN RELATION TO SLUM PREVENTION CHAPTER XXIV A SOCIAL POLICY FOR SLUM PREVENTION