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The Origins of the Dual City
- Housing, Race, and Redevelopment in Twentieth-Century Chicago
Af: Joel Rast
Engelsk Hardback
The Origins of the Dual City
- Housing, Race, and Redevelopment in Twentieth-Century Chicago
Af: Joel Rast
Engelsk Hardback

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Chicago is celebrated for its rich diversity, but, even more than most US cities, it is also plagued by segregation and extreme inequality. The stark divide between the gentrifying and primarily white neighborhoods on the north side and near downtown, and impoverished, largely black and Latino communities on the south and west sides is plainly visible. More than ever, Chicago is a "dual city," a condition taken for granted by many residents. Joel Rast reveals today's tacit acceptance of rising urban inequality as a marked departure from the past. For much of the twentieth century, a key goal for civic leaders was the total elimination of slums and blight. Yet over time, as anti-slum efforts faltered, leaders changed the focus of their initiatives away from low-income areas and toward the upgrading of neighborhoods with greater promise. As misguided as postwar public housing and urban renewal programs were, they were projects born of a long-standing reformist impulse aimed at improving living conditions for people of all classes and colors across the city--something that can't be said to be a true political or social priority for many policymakers today. Rast laments the acceptance of today's dual city and is intent on showing precisely how that paradigm took over from ones that shaped previous generations' policymaking. The Origins of the Dual City reveals nothing less than how we normalized and became resigned to a city with stark racial and economic divides.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9780226661445
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
022666144X
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Udg. Dato:
25 okt 2019
Længde:
28mm
Bredde:
235mm
Højde:
159mm
Forlag:
The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato:
25 okt 2019
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