Manufacturing decline : how racism and the conservative movement crush the American Rust Belt /

Manufacturing Decline argues that antigovernment conservatives capitalized on-and perpetuated-Rust Belt cities' misfortunes by stoking racial resentment. Jason Hackworth traces how the conservative movement has used the imagery and ideas of urban decline since the 1970s to advance their cause.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hackworth, Jason R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Shrinking cities > Political aspects > United States.
Racism > Political aspects > United States.
Conservatism > United States.
Urban policy > United States.
Racisme > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Villes en décroissance > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Conservatisme > États-Unis.
Politique urbaine > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Conservatism.
Race relations > Political aspects.
Racism > Political aspects.
Urban policy.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Aspect politique.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : organized deprivation in the American rust belt
  • Othering the deprived city. Racial threat and urban decline ; Urban decline as conservative bonding capital ; The conservative myth of Detroit
  • Depriving the othered city. Conservative city limits ; Land-market fundamentalism ; Demolition as urban policy ; Saving the city to kill it
  • Conclusion : urban decline was planned.

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