Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Community life    3. Europe    4. General    5. Housing (Sociological Aspects)    6. Shared housing    7. United States    8. Housing   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Government - U.S. Government    3. History    4. History: American    5. Housing policy    6. New Deal, 1933-1939    7. Political Science    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.    11. Public Policy - General    12. United States    13. American history: from c 1900 -    14. Central government policies    15. Housing    16. Political Science / Public Policy    17. USA   

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - General    2. Globalization    3. Government - Comparative    4. Politics - Current Events    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. Housing    10. Non-Classifiable    11. Poverty   

Subjects:  1. Gerontology    2. Government policy    3. Housing    4. Housing subsidies    5. Older people    6. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    7. Services for    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. Sociology - General    11. United States   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Civil Rights    3. Discrimination in housing    4. General    5. Government - U.S. Government    6. Government policy    7. History    8. History: American    9. Housing policy    10. Minority Studies - General    11. Sociology    12. Sociology - Urban    13. United States    14. United States - 20th Century    15. American history: postwar, from c 1945 -    16. Equal opportunities    17. History / United States / 20th Century    18. Housing    19. Political Science and International Relations    20. USA   

Subjects:  1. Politics / Current Events    2. Politics/International Relations    3. Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.    4. Developing countries    5. Development studies    6. Housing    7. Political economy   

Subjects:  1. Economic aspects    2. Finance    3. Housing    4. Poverty    5. Social Science    6. Sociology    7. Sociology - Urban    8. Third World Development    9. Urban policy    10. Urbanization    11. Population & demography    12. Social Science / Sociology / Urban    13. Urban communities   

Subjects:  1. Architecture (Specific Aspects)    2. Buildings    3. Disaster relief    4. Housing Policy    5. Natural Disasters    6. Natural disaster effects    7. Planning    8. Political Science    9. Politics / Current Events    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Public Affairs & Administration    12. Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.    13. United States    14. Aid & relief programmes    15. Architecture / General    16. Central government policies    17. Emergency services    18. Housing    19. Residential buildings, domestic buildings    20. Social impact of disasters    21. USA    22. Urban communities   

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Review of Measuring Poverty
Anyone concerned with the problems of measurement of poverty and with realistic solutions should read this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Poverty    2. Sociology    3. Statistical methods    4. United States    5. Homelessness    6. Housing   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Economic Conditions    6. Economics - General    7. Finance    8. Housing    9. Housing (Economic Aspects)    10. Management - General    11. United States    12. Business & Economics / Economics / General    13. Property & real estate   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Architecture, Domestic    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Designs and plans    5. Domestic    6. General    7. Residential Buildings Architecture    8. Room layout (Dwellings)    9. U.S. Architecture - General    10. United States    11. Construction industry    12. Housing    13. Political economy    14. Residential buildings, domestic buildings   

Subjects:  1. Decision making    2. Gerontology    3. Great Britain    4. Housing    5. Older people    6. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    7. Resident satisfaction    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. Care of the elderly    11. Elderly    12. Social Science / Sociology / General   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Dwellings    3. History    4. History - General    5. History - General History    6. History - U.S.    7. Housing    8. New York    9. New York (State)    10. Sociology - Urban    11. United States - General    12. 20th century    13. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    14. American history: from c 1900 -    15. History / United States / General    16. Residential buildings, domestic buildings    17. Social history    18. USA    19. Urban communities    20. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Politics / Current Events    2. Public Policy - General    3. Public Policy - Social Policy    4. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    5. Social Science    6. Sociology    7. Sociology - General    8. Housing    9. Social Science / Sociology / General    10. USA   

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Fascinating, tragic tales of life in St. Louis projects
I really loved the horriffic tales with interviews and tragic details of lofe in a huge public housing project in St. Louis, the Pruitt-Igoe.Amazing insights & interviews with real people throughout the book make for a very impactful, well organized work. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Anthropology - General    3. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General    4. Saint Louis (Mo.)    5. Social Science    6. Social Work    7. Social conditions    8. Sociology    9. Sociology - Urban    10. Black studies    11. Family welfare    12. Housing    13. Missouri    14. Social Science / Social Work    15. Social history    16. c 1960 to c 1970   

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Read Every Page Completely
Just like half listening to a conversation at a busy diner, reading this book quickly will not give you a very good impression of the "meta-meaning" that lies within.I was extremely curious to read this book, having heard both sides of its story.I picked up my copy and in one hand held it, and in the other several of Fuller's books covering the same time period.
View from a Volunteer & Supporter of HFH since its beginning
We thought Ann Coulter reached the height of deceit and meanness in her latest book.Leonard has gone her one better.Not only has he demeaned the one who founded and nurtured Habitat for Humanity into a great movement, he is trying to re-write history and take Millard Fuller's place in the story.This is as sad as it is ridiculous.
Friends who always give.
Music of a Thousand Hammers is a very thoughtful presentation of the life the Leonard's have spent in the years since Paul retired. It gives the way he became associated with Habitat and the ways he and Judy have tried to help the organazation.I have known them for thirty years and have never met anyone who is more generous or less likely to expect priase for their efforts. They believed they needed to go to Americus to help Habitat and I know them well enough to know that it was critical time for the organization.Habitat is stronger and the organization now has a way to continue into the future and grow. Habitat is the work of the thousand hammers and the thousands of people who believe in the philosophy of giving a hand up instead of a handout.It is not one person's idea anymore or one couple's organizaton.It is a movement that takes a volunteer and turns them into a believer in the business of helping build communities. It takes a potential homeowner and teaches them how to be a neighbor and friend within a community. Magic happens on Habitat builds and the Leonards show in this book how the magic comes about. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1940-    2. Habitat for Humanity International, Inc    3. History    4. History: World    5. Leonard, Paul,    6. Low-income housing    7. Social History    8. Social Work    9. Sociology    10. Charities & voluntary services    11. Housing    12. International institutions   

Subjects:  1. Europe - Great Britain - General    2. Politics / Current Events    3. Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.    4. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    5. Housing   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Discrimination    3. Discrimination & Racism    4. Economic conditions    5. History    6. Housing    7. Housing & Urban Development    8. Kansas City    9. Kansas City (Mo.)    10. Minority Studies - Race Relations    11. Missouri    12. Race relations    13. Social Science    14. Sociology    15. Sociology - Urban    16. Kansas    17. Racism & racial discrimination   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Planning    3. Architecture / Planning    4. Housing   

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Carol exposes the south in a raw and realistic way that even Sally Mann hasnt yet been able to capture.
This book is simple and small, and great. Burch-Brown having lived in VA for years knows her surroundings well and proves it with this book. I would also suggest checking out her web site and looking at some of her other amazing work. I may have a skewed view of her work because i happened to be lucky enough to have her as a professor. But her photos really speak about the area she lives in, and having lived there myself, and grown up in that area i have seen this reality myself. I think the contrast of sad and funny, creates a series of photos that tells a story without the long narrative often needed in a collection of photos

Fixed mobiles.
This should have been a neat little book with the simple task of revealing trailer folk in words and images but I thought that many of Carol Burch-Brown's photos didn't quite work, either the compositions were too bland (page twenty-seven) or they were too tight on the subject. Not helped either by being printed in a 133 screen so they all have a very grey look and lack contrast. Another omission is a lack of captioning, just who is the teenager (page thirty-nine) sitting in a chair next to an elderly lady in bed, is she his mother, relative, neighbor? Who is the happy mom (page ninety) holding a baby, is it hers, her sister's, a friend's? I would class these photos as reportage rather than arty images and as such they cry out for some sort of explanation.
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Subjects:  1. General    2. Mobile Home Living    3. Mobile homes    4. Montgomery County    5. Photography    6. Pictorial works    7. Sociology    8. Subjects & Themes - Travel - U.S./General    9. Virginia    10. Biography: general    11. Housing    12. Photographs: collections    13. USA