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THE HOUSING OF THE

UNSKILLED WAGE EARNER

American Social Progress Series

EDITED BY

SAMUEL MCCUNE LINDSAY, PH.D., LL.D., COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

A series of handbooks for the student and general reader, giving the results of the newer social thought and of recent scientific investigations of the facts of American social life and institutions. Each volume about 200 pages.

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The Housing of the
Unskilled Wage Earner

AMERICA'S NEXT PROBLEM

BY

EDITH ELMER WOOD

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1919

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY

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COPYRIGHT, 1919

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Set up and electrotyped. Published, June, 1919

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The writer wishes to express her thanks to Mr. Lawrence Veiller, Secretary and Director of the National Housing Association, for permission to consult its files, which were of especial value in the preparation of Chapters III and IV and Appendix A.

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