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A Plague on Your Houses: How New York Was Burned Down and National Public Health Crumbled (PB) (2001)

A Plague on Your Houses: How New York Was Burned Down and National Public Health Crumbled (PB) (2001)

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A Plague on Your Houses is a scorching indictment of the decision to close fire companies in New York in the 1970s and a frightening study of the way misguided and malevolent social policy can spark a chain reaction of enormous and unforeseen urban collapse.

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Author:
Deborah Wallace
Author:
Rodrick Wallace
ISBN 10:
1859842534
Pages:
242
Publisher:
Verso
Publication Date:
November 17, 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Weight:
0.82lbs

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