Chapter 3: Bibliography

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Ford, James. 1936. Slums and Housing, With Special Reference to New York City, Volumes I and II. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

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Lasker, Loula D. 1931. "Putting a White Collar on the East Side." Survey Graphic. Vol. 65, No. 11 (March 1): 584-627.

Lower East Side Planning Association. 1932. Plans for Major Traffic Thoroughfares and Transit. Lower East Side, New York City. St. Louis, MO: Bartholomew and Associates.

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Radford, Gail. 1996. Modern Housing For America: Policy Struggles in the New Deal Era. University of Chicago Press.

Regional Plan Association. 1931. "The Lower East Side: Its Past and Present. What Should Be Its Future? Certain Projects and Proposals." Regional Plan Information Bulletin. No. 2 (April 20): 1-10.

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Wasserman, Suzanne. 1990. "The Good Old Days of Poverty: The Battle over the Fate of New York City’s Lower East Side During the Depression. Vols. I and II." PhD Dissertation. New York University.

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