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21%OFFN. D. B. Connolly - World More Concrete - 9780226378428 - V9780226378428
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World More Concrete

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Description for World More Concrete paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 403 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Many people characterize urban renewal projects and the power of eminent domain as two of the most widely despised and often racist tools for reshaping American cities in the postwar period. In A World More Concrete, N. D. B. Connolly uses the history of South Florida to unearth an older and far more complex story.  Connolly captures nearly eighty years of political and land transactions to reveal how real estate and redevelopment created and preserved metropolitan growth and racial peace under white supremacy.  Using a materialist approach, he offers a long view of capitalism and the color line, following much of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
Series
Historical Studies of Urban America
Number of Pages
403
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226378428
SKU
V9780226378428
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