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The [http://www.hup.harvard.edu/ Harvard University Press] recently published Lisa Goff's new book [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674660455/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0674660455&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=RR5HRZ5DCO5A4GCO Shantytown, USA: Forgotten Landscapes of the Working Poor]. There's a chance that one of your American ancestors lived in an American shantytown. While we may not realize it now, shantytowns were a common feature of 19th century America. Goff's book explores not only how shantytowns became a prominent feature of America's towns and cities, but why middle class Americans eventually turned on them and their residents.