Housing and Economic Progress: A Study of the Housing Experiences of Boston’s Middle-Income Families

Lloyd Rodwin

Published by Harvard University Press 1961

Housing and Economic Progress

A Study of the Housing Experiences of Boston’s Middle-Income Families

Lloyd Rodwin

In the series Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674369177

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Charts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Maps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
CHAPTER 1. Introduction and Summary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE. THE HOUSING EXPERIENCE OF BOSTON'S MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES
CHAPTER 2. Income, Rent Levels, Expenditure Patterns, and Standards: 1846–1959 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
CHAPTER 3. Middle-Income Housing: Past and Present Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
CHAPTER 4. Boston’s Experience with and without Rent Controls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
PART TWO. BOSTON'S RESIDENTIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: HISTORY AND THEORY
CHAPTER 5. Residential Growth and Development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
CHAPTER 6. Residential Growth and Structure: Hypotheses and Generalizations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
PART THREE. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
CHAPTER 7. Housing and Economic Progress Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A. Derivation of Data on Income and Housing Costs: 1846-1959 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
APPENDIX Β. Rent Control and Housing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
APPENDIX C. Notes on Walter Firey’s Critique of the Sector Thesis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
APPENDIX D. Per cent of Population Changes in Boston by Wards for Selected Periods, 1885–1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
APPENDIX Ε. Ward Boundaries of Boston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
List of References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1961
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 228
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 13
- Tables: 22
- Other: 13 charts, 17 maps, 22 tables
Keywords: Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674369177

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1961
ISBN: 9780674369160