ix, 142 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-136) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Early development on the lower east side -- Ch. 2. The tenement and its inhabitants -- Ch. 3. Design and construction of 97 Orchard Street -- Ch. 4. New tenement laws and the changing character of the lower east side and its inhabitants -- Ch. 5. The tenement house act of 1901 and the tenement house department -- Ch. 6. The changing character of the lower east side in the early twentieth century -- Ch. 7. Creating the lower east side tenement museum.
