{"product_id":"great-rent-wars-robert-m-fogelson-9780300191721","title":"Great Rent Wars: New York, 1917-1929","description":"\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking account of the early history of rent control\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written by one of the country's foremost urban historians, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Rent Wars\u003c\/i\u003e tells the fascinating but little-known story of the battles between landlords and tenants in the nation's largest city from 1917 through 1929. These conflicts were triggered by the post-war housing shortage, which prompted landlords to raise rents, drove tenants to go on rent strikes, and spurred the state legislature, a conservative body dominated by upstate Republicans, to impose rent control in New York, a radical and unprecedented step that transformed landlord-tenant relations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Rent Wars\u003c\/i\u003e traces the tumultuous history of rent control in New York from its inception to its expiration as it unfolded in New York, Albany, and Washington, D.C. At the heart of this story are such memorable figures as Al Smith, Fiorello H. La Guardia, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, as well as a host of tenants, landlords, judges, and politicians who have long been forgotten. Fogelson also explores the heated debates over landlord-tenant law, housing policy, and other issues that are as controversial today as they were a century ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert M. Fogelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300191723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300191721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.73h x 6.80w x 1.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2013","brand":"Robert M. Fogelson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057801851135,"sku":"9780300191721","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32ecafa9-a51e-4e73-a950-49f1623c9ee8.jpg?v=1685048947","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/great-rent-wars-robert-m-fogelson-9780300191721","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}