The folklore of the freeway : race and revolt in the modernist city /
When the interstate highway program connected America's cities, it also divided them, cutting through and destroying countless communities. Affluent and predominantly white residents fought back in a much heralded "freeway revolt," saving such historic neighborhoods as Greenwich Villa...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2014.
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Colección: | Quadrant Book.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | When the interstate highway program connected America's cities, it also divided them, cutting through and destroying countless communities. Affluent and predominantly white residents fought back in a much heralded "freeway revolt," saving such historic neighborhoods as Greenwich Village and New Orleans's French Quarter. This book tells of the other revolt, a movement of creative opposition, commemoration, and preservation staged on behalf of the mostly minority urban neighborhoods that lacked the political and economic power to resist the onslaught of highway construction. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (251 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781452942896 1452942897 9781452947860 1452947864 |