title: The shantytowns of Central Park West: fin de siècle squatting in American cities.
abstract: This article argues that the scope and importance of squatting has been greatly understated in discussions of nineteenth-century urban development. Period newspapers reported often on the struggle of cities and titleholders across North America to evict squatters, indicating that squatters were a common and persistent component of the city landscape. Evidence also suggests that many, if not most, squatters believed that they would eventually win clear title to their homes.
authors: Brown University, Providence, RI.
authors: Jason
authors: J
authors: Jindrich
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006798:Housing / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009524:Newspapers as Topic / Q000266:history; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012940:Social Problems / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D014504:Urban Health / Q000266:history; D014505:Urban Population / Q000266:history