In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities - Hardcover

Baldwin, Davarian L.

 
9781568588926: In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities

Synopsis

A deep dive into the most insidious driving force behind the gentrification of American cities: private universities.

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About the Author

Davarian L. Baldwin is a leading urbanist, historian, and cultural critic. The Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies and founding director of the Smart Cities Lab at Trinity College, Baldwin is the author of Chicago's New Negroes: Modernity, the Great Migration, and Black Urban Life (UNC, 2007) and co-editor, with Minkah Makalani, of the essay collection Escape From New York! The New Negro Renaissance beyond Harlem (Minnesota, 2013). He has received grants and fellowships from Harvard University, the University of Virginia, the University of Notre Dame, and the Logan Nonfiction Writing Fellowship from the Carey Institute for the Global Good. He lives with his wife and children in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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