A world of homeowners : American power and the politics of housing aid /
Is there anything more American than the ideal of homeownership? In this groundbreaking work of transnational history, Nancy H. Kwak reveals how the concept of homeownership became one of America's major exports and defining characteristics around the world.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Historical studies of urban America.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1048626 |
Table of Contents:
- Building a new American model of homeownership
- Combatting communism with homeownership
- Homeownership in an era of decolonization
- Homeownership as investment
- Fair homeownership
- A homeownership consensus?
- Conclusion.