American Architecture and Human Habitation
Architecture, Habitat, and Society
The American Institute of Architects
Book -- Design like you give a damn : architectural responses to humanitarian crises
Book -- American architecture : a history
Historical News and Educational Films
Database -- Historical NY Times
Database -- Films on Demand
Ted.com -- "Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world."
Non-Federal Housing Projects and Advocacy
National Coalition for the Homeless (see also Federal Housing Assistance Programs Fact Sheet)
Federal Housing Projects and Immigrant Tenements
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
RHOL.org Web Article -- Government’s role in low income housing
Columbia University Web Article -- Living Together: Tenements Federal Housing
Tenement Museum (see also Virtual Tour of 97 Orchard Street)
American Chinatowns
Library of Congress Presentation: Chinese Immigration
WSU Historical Overview -- Chinese Americans in the Columbia River Basin
NPR -- American Chinatown Through Residents Eyes
NPR -- The Changing Face of Chinatown
Associated Press -- Urban U.S. Chinatowns Wane as Asians Head to Suburbs
Foghorn Online Web Article -- Chinatown’s Challenges in Infinite City Discussion
Book -- “American Chinatown : a people’s history of five neighborhoods” by Bonnie Tsui, 2010 (request ILL through WorldCat catalog)
Japanese Internment Camps
National Archives -- Japanese Relocation and Internment During World War II
Smithsonian -- Letters from the Japanese American Internment
National Museum of American History -- Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
Densho.org -- The Japanese American Legacy Project
PBS Documentary -- Children of the Camps
Exploring the Japanese American Internment Through Film & the Internet
Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco
Guantanamo
NY Times Web Article -- The Guantanamo Docket
NPR -- Guantanamo at 10: U.S. Weighs Future of Detainees
History News Network -- How Did Guantanamo Become a Prison?
Jurist Online Web Article -- Guantanamo Bay
Homeless Shelters
National Coalition for the Homeless
Urban Density
National Multi Housing Council Report – Higher-Density Development: Myth and Fact
UrbanDesign.org Center for Design Excellence Web Article -- Density
The Rise of the Suburbs
Book -- “Architecture and suburbia: from English villa to American dream house, 1690-200” by John Archer, 2005 (request ILL through WorldCat catalog)
American Orphanages and Foster Care
U.S. Department of Health & Human Service Child Welfare Information Gateway -- Orphanages
Johns Hopkins University Magazine Web Article -- The Rise and Demise of the American Orphanage
Scientific American Web Article -- Orphanages Rival Foster Homes for Quality Child Care
Book -- Home Away From Home: The Forgotten History of Orphanages
Book -- “Children and youth in adoption, orphanages, and foster care : a historical handbook and guide” by Lori Askeland, 2006 (request ILL through WorldCat catalog)
American Indian Schools
American Indian Relief Council Web Article -- Boarding Schools
Archaeology.org Web Article -- Archeology of the Phoenix Indian School
University of Illinois -- An Indian Boarding School Photo Gallery
NPR -- American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many
NPR -- American Indian School a Far Cry From the Past
FEMA Housing
FEMA.gov -- National Disaster Housing Strategy Resource Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Indoor Air Quality and Health in FEMA Temporary Housing
Office of Inspector General -- Future Directions of FEMA’s Temporary Housing Assistance Program
Congressional Research Service -- FEMA Disaster Housing: From Sheltering to Permanent Housing
Katrina FEMA Trailers
Daily Finance Web Article -- The Awful Odyssey of FEMA’s Hurricane Katrina Trailers
Louisiana State University Web Article -- The FEMA Trailer Parks: Negative Perceptions and the Social Structure for Avoidance
Tent Cities
BBC Web Article -- America’s Homeless Resort to Tent Cities
Business Insider Web Article -- America Today: Heartbreaking Pictures From New Jersey’s Homeless Tent City
National Coalition for the Homeless -- Tent Cities in America: A Pacific Coast Report
Fox News Web Article -- Economic Woes Lead to Proliferation of Tent Cities Nationwide
Sears Catalog Homes
SearsArchives.org -- Historic Homes
SearsHomes.org -- Sears Modern Homes
Downer’s Grove Economic Development Corporation -- The American Dream by Mail Order
PBS History Detectives -- Investigations Sears Home
OldHouseOnline.com -- Sears Catalog Homes: Cedars House Plan
Book -- “The houses that Sears built: everything you ever wanted to know about Sears catalog homes” by Rosemary Thornton, 2004 (request ILL through WorldCat catalog)
Green Living, Geodesic Domes, Biosphere, and Bucky Fuller
Environmental Protection Agency -- Green Homes and Green Communities
Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation -- Geodesic Dome
GreenLifeStyleMagazine.net -- Geodesic Dome Homes
NPR -- Living in a Geodesic Dome Home
Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller Institute
University of Arizona -- Biosphere 2
Database -- GREENR
Book -- Domebook 2 (on reserve – visit the circulation desk to see this item)
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