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Slum
A slum is generally understood to be a neglected, wretched, densely populated neighborhood or area. In this sense, slums are zones within inner cities and the shanty-town city fringes where the poor congregate. Today the term is usually associated with the ...
- Biographies
- Abbott, Edith
- Abrams, Charles
- Ackerman, Frederick L.
- Addams, Jane
- Anderson, Sherwood
- Armour, Philip Danforth
- Armstrong, Louis
- Barry, Marion S., Jr.
- Bartholomew, Harland
- Bauer, Catherine
- Bellows, George
- Benton, Thomas Hart
- Bogart, Humphrey
- Brice, Fanny
- Burgess, Ernest W.
- Burnham, Daniel H.
- Byrne, Jane M.
- Capone, Al
- Chaplin, Charlie
- Cooley, Charles Horton
- Coughlin, John Joseph
- Crump, Edward H.
- Curley, James Michael
- Daley, Richard J.
- Dinkins, David N.
- Du Bois, W. E. B.
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Ford, Henry
- Frazier, E. Franklin
- Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
- Gladden, Washington
- Hague, Frank
- Hatcher, Richard
- Hearst, William Randolph
- Hopper, Edward
- Horne, Frank S.
- Howard, Ebenezer
- Howe, Frederic C.
- Howells, William Dean
- Hoyt, Homer
- Jackson, Maynard
- Jacobs, Jane
- Jenney, William Le Baron
- Joplin, Scott
- Kahn, Louis I.
- Kelley, Florence
- Kenna, Michael “Hinky Dink”
- Kerouac, Jack
- Koch, Edward Irving
- La Guardia, Fiorello
- Lawrence, David L.
- Levitt, William
- Lindsay, John V.
- Logue, Edward
- MacDonald, Thomas H.
- Marsh, Reginald
- Mencken, H. L.
- Moses, Robert
- Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
- Mulholland, William
- Mumford, Lewis
- Murphy, Frank
- Myrdal, Gunnar
- Nolen, John
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, Sr.
- Park, Robert Ezra
- Perry, Clarence Arthur
- Pingree, Hazen S.
- Plunkitt, George Washington
- Pulitzer, Joseph
- Rauschenbusch, Walter
- Riis, Jacob August
- Rouse, James W.
- Segoe, Ladislas
- Sinclair, Upton
- Sloan, John
- Smith, Alfred E.
- Smith, Wilbur S.
- Sprague, Franklin Julian
- Steffens, (Joseph) Lincoln
- Stein, Clarence S.
- Stokes, Carl Burton
- Strong, George Templeton
- Strong, Josiah
- Sullivan, Louis Henri
- Sunday, William Ashley (Billy)
- Swift, Gustavus Franklin
- Thompson, William Hale “Big Bill”
- Tugwell, Rexford Guy
- Tweed, William Marcy
- Wald, Lillian D.
- Warner, Sam Bass, Jr.
- Warner, William Lloyd
- Washington, Harold
- Weaver, Robert C.
- Webb, Del E.
- Weber, Adna
- Whyte, William H.
- Williams, William Carlos
- Wirth, Louis
- Wood, Elizabeth
- Wright, Frank Lloyd
- Wright, Henry
- Wright, Richard
- Cities
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Austin, Texas
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Broadacre City
- Brooklyn, New York
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Chicago Fire
- Chicago, Illinois
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- City Beautiful Movement
- City Efficient Movement
- City in Literature
- City Planning
- Coal Towns
- College Towns
- Columbia, Maryland
- Columbus, Ohio
- Community in the Cities
- Dallas, Texas
- Denver, Colorado
- Detroit, Michigan
- Economy of Cities
- Edge Cities
- Education in Cities
- Families in Cities and Suburbs
- Federal Government and Cities
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Fresno, California
- Garden Cities
- Gateway Cities
- Gay Men's Cultures in Cities
- Great Depression and Cities
- Greenbelt Towns
- Greenwich Village, New York
- Harlem, New York
- Horses in Cities
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Industrial City
- Internet and Cities
- Irvine, California
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Lakewood, California (and the Lakewood Plan)
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Latinos Cities and Suburbs
- Lesbian Culture in Cities
- Llewelyn Park, New Jersey
- Los Angeles, California
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Miami, Florida
- Middle Class in Cities
- Mill Towns
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
- Model Cities
- Modernism and the City
- Motion Pictures and Cities and Suburbs
- Native Americans in Cities
- Natural Environment and Cities
- New England Towns and Villages
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- New York, New York
- Oakland, California
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Polish Americans in Cities
- Politics in Cities
- Portland, Oregon
- Poverty and Welfare in Cities
- Pullman, Illinois
- Radburn, New Jersey
- Religion in Cities and Suburbs
- Reston, Virginia
- Richmond, Virginia
- Riverside, Illinois
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- San Antonio, Texas
- San Diego, California
- San Francisco, California
- Seattle, Washington
- Single Women in the City
- Slavery in Cities
- Social Geography of Cities and Suburbs
- Spanish Colonial Towns and Cities
- St. Louis, Missouri
- States and Cities
- Sunbelt and Snowbelt Cities
- Tucson, Arizona
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Upper Class in Cities and Suburbs
- Washington, D.C.
- Wichita, Kansas
- Woman's City Clubs
- Women in Cities
- Women's Literature of Cities
- Working Class in Cities and Suburbs
- World War II and the City
- Doctrines, Actions, Movements, and Religions
- Education and Schools
- Finances and Commerce
- Housing
- Alley Housing
- Fair Housing Act of 1968
- Federal Housing Administration
- Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
- Flophouses
- Housing Act of 1934
- Housing Act of 1937
- Housing Act of 1949
- Housing Act of 1954
- Housing Segregation
- Housing, Owner-Built
- Lodging, Boarding, and Rooming Houses
- Prudential Insurance and Housing Development
- Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project
- Public Housing
- Robert Taylor Homes
- Row House
- Settlement House Movement
- Single-Family Detached House
- Tenement
- United States Housing Authority
- Presidential Administrations
- Race
- Abrams, Charles
- African American Business Districts
- African American Mayors
- African Americans in Cities
- African Americans in Suburbs and African American Towns
- Armstrong, Louis
- Asian Americans in the Suburbs
- Barry, Marion S., Jr.
- Black Panther Party
- Black Power
- Blockbusting
- Blues Music
- Busing
- Cabrini-Green
- Civil Rights
- Crowds and Riots
- Desegregation of Education
- Dinkins, David N.
- Du Bois, W. E. B.
- Environmental Racism
- Ethnic Neighborhoods
- Fair Housing Act of 1968
- Frazier, E. Franklin
- Gentrification
- Ghetto
- Harlem Renaissance
- Harlem, New York
- Housing Act of 1934
- Housing Act of 1937
- Housing Act of 1949
- Housing Act of 1954
- Housing Segregation
- Islam
- Jackson, Maynard
- Jazz
- Judaism and Jewish Communities
- Ku Klux Klan
- Latinos in Cities and Suburbs
- Mexican Americans
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- National Urban League
- Native Americans in Cities
- Nativism
- Negro (Baseball) Leagues
- New Urban History
- New Urbanism
- Poverty and Welfare in Cities
- Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project
- Public Health
- Public Housing
- Race Riots
- Racial Zoning
- Restrictive Deed Covenants
- Rioting
- Robert Taylor Homes
- Second Ghetto
- Skid Row
- Slavery in Cities
- Slum
- Smith, Wilbur S.
- Social Geography of Cities and Suburbs
- Social Gospel
- Social Protest
- Social Welfare
- South Side of Chicago
- Steffens, (Joseph) Lincoln
- Stokes, Carl Burton
- Streetcar and Bus Boycotts
- Tenement
- Universal Negro Improvement Association
- Upper Class in Cities and Suburbs
- Urban Crisis
- Urban Development Action Grant Program
- Urban Ecology
- Urban Finance
- Urban Frontier
- Urban Immigration
- Urban Institute
- Urban Land Institute
- Urban Political Reform
- Urban Protest Movements
- Urban Renewal and Revitalization
- Urbanization
- War on Poverty
- Washington, Harold
- Weaver, Robert C.
- Wright, Richard
- Theories
- Transportation
- Airports
- Benjamin Franklin Parkway
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Busing
- Canals
- Commuting
- Congestion
- Erie Canal
- Freeways and Expressways
- Grid Pattern
- Horses in Cities
- Interstate Highway Act of 1956
- Railroad Stations
- Railroad Suburbs
- Railroads
- Rapid Transit
- Street Lighting
- Streetcar and Bus Boycotts
- Streetcar Suburbs
- Suburban Railroad Service
- Tunnels
- Women
- Abbott, Edith
- Addams, Jane
- Bauer, Catherine
- Brice, Fanny
- Byrne, Jane M.
- Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
- Jacobs, Jane
- Kelley, Florence
- Single Women in the City
- Wald, Lillian D.
- Woman's City Clubs
- Women and Public Space
- Women in Cities
- Women's Civic Improvement Organizations and Voluntary Associations
- Women's Literature of Cities
- Women's World Fairs
- Wood, Elizabeth
- Working Women's Organizations
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