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Demolition Means Progress : Flint, Michigan, and the Fate of the American Metropolis /

In 1997, after General Motors shuttered a massive complex of factories in the gritty industrial city of Flint, Michigan, signs were placed around the empty facility reading, "Demolition Means Progress," suggesting that the struggling metropolis could not move forward to greatness until the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Highsmith, Andrew R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Ã2015
Colección:Historical studies of urban America.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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