Atlanta: Race, Class And Urban Expansion (Comparitive American Cities)

Keating, Larry

ISBN 10: 1566398207 / ISBN 13: 9781566398206

Editore: Temple University Press, 2001

Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized. Codice articolo M1566398207Z3

Riassunto:

Atlanta, the epitome of the New South, is a city whose economic growth has transformed it from a provincial capital to a global city, one that could bid for and win the 1996 Summer Olympics. Yet the reality is that the exceptional growth of the region over the last twenty years has exacerbated inequality, particularly for African Americans. Atlanta, the city of Martin Luther King, Jr., remains one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Despite African American success in winning the mayor's office and control of the City Council, development plans have remained in the control of private business interests. Keating tells a number of troubling stories. The development of the Underground Atlanta, the construction of the rapid rail system (MARTA), the building of a new stadium for the Braves, the redevelopment of public housing, and the arrangements for the Olympic Games all share a lack of democratic process. Business and political elites ignored protests from neighborhood groups, the interests of the poor, and the advice of planners.

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Titolo: Atlanta: Race, Class And Urban Expansion (...
Casa editrice: Temple University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Good