Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Cities in the Southwest or Southwestern Cities?
2 The Public Housing Movement in the Southwest: Cities Battle the Slums before 1937
3 Southwestern Cities, Slum Clearance, and the First Permanent Public Housing Program
4 From World War II to the Housing Act of 1949: A Moratorium on Slum Clearance and Public Housing for Low-Income Citizens
5 The Solution Becomes a Problem: The Decline of the Public Housing Movement after the Housing Act of 1949
6 From Urban Redevelopment to Urban Renewal in the Southwest
Epilogue: Our War on Poverty, Not Yours on Slums
Appendix A: Social Scientists and the Changing Discourse on Slums and Poverty: A Brief Note
Appendix B: Public Housing Built in San Antonio, Houston, Phoenix, and Dallas, 1935–1965
Appendix C: Occupation of Initial Tenants of Cuney Homes Public Housing in Houston
Appendix D: Total Number of Public Housing Units Built by Selected Cities by 1967
Notes
Index