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Main Street Ready-Made: The New Deal Community of Greendale, Wisconsin
by Alanen, Arnold R. & Joseph A. Eden
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870202510
- ISBN 13
- 9780870202513
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1987. Account of this planned community, built just south of Milwaukee in 1938, to house rural poor in easy reach of factory & other urban jobs; one of three "greenbelt towns" engineered by FDR's New Deal advisors (particularly Elbert Peets) as places combining the better features of urban & rural life. Hardcover, first edition. Light wear to book; jacket shows minor wear, dents, small creases. Text clean; x, [2], 156 pages + note on authors; index, tables, bibliography, figures, notes, maps, b/w photos. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- t0645
- Title
- Main Street Ready-Made: The New Deal Community of Greendale, Wisconsin
- Author
- Alanen, Arnold R. & Joseph A. Eden
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0870202510
- ISBN 13
- 9780870202513
- Publisher
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin
- Place of Publication
- Madison
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Suburbs, Levittown, Public Housing, Housing Policy, Greenbelt Towns, Planned Communities, Urban Planning, Sociology, Social Engineering
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture & Interior Decoration;
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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