The Progressives and the Slums; Tenement House Reform in New York City 1890-1917
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1962. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xviii, [2], 284, [2] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Map. Appendices. Bibliographical Notes. Index. Foreword by Samuel P. Hays & Philip S. Broughton. Roy Lubove (September 3, 1934 – February 17, 1995) was an American social historian. He was professor of social welfare and history at the University of Pittsburgh. Lubove earned his doctorate from Cornell University in 1960 and joined the faculty of Harvard University that year. His childhood experience living in densely developed Jackson Heights influenced his lifelong interest in studying the structure of neighborhoods, urban planning, and landscape design, and his upbringing during the Great Depression inspired him to study poverty and social welfare. In 1963, Lubove joined the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh. He was a professor of history and social studies with dual appointments in the university's departments of social work and history. Lubove was the author of a number of influential and widely cited social histories, including The Struggle for Social Security, 1900-1935 (1968), The Professional Altruist: The Emergence of Social Work as a Career, 1880-1930 (1968), and Twentieth Century Pittsburgh, Vol. 1: Government, Business and Change (1969). He was credited for a number of scholarly contributions to the study of urban, social welfare, and planning history, such as by proposing a new conceptual framework for urban history, one that emphasized decision-making, social organization, and urban change, and provided what Raymond A. Mohl calls "one of the best historical case studies of urban response to deindustrialization" The Progressives and the Slums chronicles the reform of tenement housing, where some of the worst living conditions in the world existed. Roy Lubove focuses his study on New York City, detailing the methods, accomplishments, and limitations of housing reform at the turn of the twentieth century. The book is based in part on personal interviews with, and the unpublished writings of Lawrence Veiller, the dominant figure in housing reform between 1898 and 1920. Lubove views Veiller's role, surveys developments prior to 1890, and views housing reform within the broader context of progressive-era protest and reform. Condition: Very good / Good.
Keywords: Tenement House, Reform, New York City, Jacob Riis, Lawrence Veiller, Progressivism, Urban Planning, Housing, Manhattan, Robert DeForest, Immigrant, Alfred White, Zoning
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