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Redevelopment and race : planning a finer city in postwar Detroit /

In the decades following World War II, professional city planners in Detroit made a concerted effort to halt the city's physical and economic decline. Their successes included an award-winning master plan, a number of laudable redevelopment projects, and exemplary planning leadership in the cit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas, June Manning
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2013]
Edición:Paperback edition.
Colección:Great Lakes books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the Paperback Edition
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • The Optimistic Years. Roots of Postwar Redevelopment ; Postwar Planning
  • Renewal and Loss. Eliminating Slums and Blight ; Racial Flight and the Conservation Experiment ; Revisioning Urban Renewal
  • Progress amidst Decline. Rising from the Fire ; Coleman Young and Redevelopment ; Planning a Better City ; Racial Disunity
  • Conclusion : Moving toward a Finer City.