Constructing the Dynamo of Dixie : Race, Urban Planning, and Cosmopolitanism in Chattanooga, Tennessee /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

"What can local histories of interracial conflict and collaboration teach us about the potential for urban equity and social justice in the future? Courtney Elizabeth Knapp chronicles the politics of gentrification and culture-based development in Chattanooga, Tennessee, by tracing the roots of...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Knapp, Courtney Elizabeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Race relations.
City planning.
African Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Noirs americains > Tennessee > Chattanooga > Histoire.
City planning > Tennessee > Chattanooga.
African Americans > Tennessee > Chattanooga > History.
Tennessee > Chattanooga.
Chattanooga (Tenn.) > History.
Chattanooga (Tenn.) > Race relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"What can local histories of interracial conflict and collaboration teach us about the potential for urban equity and social justice in the future? Courtney Elizabeth Knapp chronicles the politics of gentrification and culture-based development in Chattanooga, Tennessee, by tracing the roots of racism, spatial segregation, and mainstream 'cosmopolitanism' back to the earliest encounters between the Cherokee, African Americans, and white settlers. By weaving together archival, ethnographic, and participatory action research techniques, she reveals the political complexities of a city characterized by centuries of ordinary resistance to racial segregation and uneven geographic development"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (262 pages).
ISBN:9781469637297

Ejemplares similares