“The Tenement House Problem”: Reformers and the Progressive Era Housing Crisis

Honors College Thesis

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Creator	Kalk, Kathleen
Abstract	The immigration boom at the turn of the century resulted in crisis, as the working classes crowded into tenement houses which became breeding pits for disease. Progressive reformers applied complex environment ideology to the housing crisis, blaming poor housing for various moral and social ills. While there tactics varied-from government regulations to private development of "model tenements," reformers all failed to address the broader economic problems of the working class. Lawrence Veiller, the nations most prominent housing reformer, illustrates the variety of approches, including investigation, public education, and government regulations to ensure safe conditions and domestic policy. Despite some success, the greater causes of poverty remained unexamined and tenement house reform was a superficial sucess, which left the majority unaffected.
License	All rights reserved
Resource Type	Honors College Thesis
Date Available	2008-06-16T19:43:29+00:00
Date Issued	2008-05-19
Degree Level	Bachelor's
Degree Name	Honors Bachelor of Arts (H.B.A.)
Degree Field	History
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	2008
Advisor	Chappell, Marisa
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Honors College
Urheberrechts-Erklärung	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/8745

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