REDEVELOPMENT AND RACE: Planning A Finer City In Postwar Detroit

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Published by Baltimore & London. 1997. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1997

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blue cloth hardbound 4to ~ 4º (quarto). . dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. looks new. like new. binding tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). b&w photo illustrated title pg. xx+274p. + author bio note & list of titles in series. b&w maps, charts, diagrams & photos. notes. index. american history. politics. history of michigan. history of detroit. ~In the decades following World War II, professional city planners in Detroit made a concerted effort to halt the city's physical and economic decline. Their successes included an award~winning master plan, a number of laudable redevelopment projects, and exemplary planning leadership in the City and the nation. Yet in those same decades, Detroit was transformed from a city that enjoyed liveable neighborhoods, healthy commercial strips, a bustling downtown, and beautiful parks into the notorious symbol of urban decay that it is today. In Redevelopment and Race, June Manning Thomas explains what went wrong. She demonstrates how and why government programs were ineffective and even destructive to community needs~and how social striving and class disunity added a further difficulty to their implementation. Examining the City she knew first as an undergraduate student at Michigan State University and later as a scholar and planner, Thomas argues for a different approach to traditional planning~one that places social justice, equity, and community ahead of purely physical and economic objectives. A unique historical analysis of the interaction of redevelopment and racial issues in one city, this book offers an important contribution to both planning history and urban studies. Thomas's thoughtful solutions offer hope to both citizens and government agencies that struggle every day with redevelopment issues in America's older industrial cities.…

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Title
REDEVELOPMENT AND RACE: Planning A Finer City In Postwar Detroit
Author
Thomas, June Manning
Publisher
Baltimore & London. 1997. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
Publication year
1997
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Hardcover
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English
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080185444X
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9780801854446
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Book 16 of 75: Creating the North American Landscape
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