Written by one of the countrys foremost urban historiansthe great rent warstells the fascinating but little known story of the battles between landlords and tenants in the nations 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 . Written by one of the countrys foremost urban historians the great rent wars tells the fascinating but little known story of the battles between landlords and tenants in the nations largest. Written by one of the countrys foremost urban historians the great rent wars tells the fascinating but little known story of the battles between landlords and tenants in the nations 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 . The great rent wars new york 1917 1929 by fogelson robert m 2013 hardcover isbn kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon