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Author:
Vale, Lawrence J., 1959- author.
Title:
Purging the poorest : public housing and the design politics of twice-cleared communities / Lawrence J. Vale.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xvi, 428 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Public housing--Atlanta--Atlanta--History.
Public housing--Chicago--Chicago--History.
Urban renewal--United States--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Public housing, design politics, and twice-cleared communities -- Public housing and private initiative : developing Atlanta's Techwood and Clark Howell homes -- Redeveloping Techwood and Clark Howell : the purges of progress -- Up from little hell : developing Chicago's Frances Cabrini homes -- Urban renewal and the rise of Cabrini-Green -- Staving off collapse : mediated violence and the beginning of Cabrini's end -- Bringing the Gold Coast to the slum : Cabrini-Green's redevelopment and the litigation of inclusion -- Conclusion : public housing and the margins of empathy.
Series:
Historical studies of urban America
ISBN:
022601245X (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780226012452 (paperback : alkaline paper)
022601231X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226012315 (cloth : alkaline paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)808810887
LCCN:
2012033770
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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