Shadows of a Sunbelt City : the Environment, Racism, and the Knowledge Economy in Austin.

Austin, Texas, is often depicted as one of the past half centuryÆs great urban successstoriesùa place that has grown enormously through ôcreative classö strategies emphasizing tolerance and environmental consciousness. In Shadows of a Sunbelt City, Eliot Tretter reinterprets this familiar story b...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tretter, Eliot M.
Other Authors: Cowen, Deborah, Heynen, Nik, Wright, Melissa W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, 2015.
Series:Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Ser.
Subjects:
University of Texas at Austin.
University of Texas at Austin
Urban ecology (Sociology) > Texas > Austin.
Racism > Texas > Austin.
Knowledge economy > Texas > Austin.
City planning > Texas > Austin.
Universities and colleges > Social aspects > Texas > Austin.
Universities and colleges > Environmental aspects > Texas > Austin.
Écologie urbaine > Texas > Austin.
Racisme > Texas > Austin.
Économie du savoir > Texas > Austin.
Universités > Aspect social > Texas > Austin.
City planning
Ecology
Economic history
Knowledge economy
Race relations
Racism
Universities and colleges > Environmental aspects
Universities and colleges > Social aspects
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Austin (Tex.) > Environmental conditions.
Austin (Tex.) > Race relations.
Austin (Tex.) > Economic conditions.
Texas > Austin
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Austin, Texas, is often depicted as one of the past half centuryÆs great urban successstoriesùa place that has grown enormously through ôcreative classö strategies emphasizing tolerance and environmental consciousness. In Shadows of a Sunbelt City, Eliot Tretter reinterprets this familiar story by exploring the racial and environmental underpinnings of the postindustrial knowledge economy. He is particularly attentive to how the University of Texasùworking with federal, municipal, and private-sector partners and acquiring the power of eminent domainùexpanded its power and physical footprint. H.
Physical Description:1 online resource (193 pages)
ISBN:9780820349091
0820349097

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