Redevelopment and race : planning a finer city in postwar Detroit

Thomas, June Manning. (Author).

Record details

OCLC: ocn847609677
ISBN: 0814339077
ISBN: 9780814339077
ISBN: 9780814339084
ISBN: 0814339085
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 288 pages) : illustrations
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Edition: Paperback ed.
Publisher: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Half-title ; Title ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Preface to the Paperback Edition ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Introduction ; I The Optimistic Years ; 1 Roots of Postwar Redevelopment ; 2 Postwar Planning ; II Renewal and Loss ; 3 Eliminating Slums and Blight.
4 Racial Flight and the Conservation Experiment 5 Revisioning Urban Renewal ; III Progress amidst Decline ; 6 Rising from the Fire ; 7 Coleman Young and Redevelopment ; 8 Planning a Better City ; 9 Racial Disunity ; 10 Conclusion: Moving toward a Finer City ; Postscript ; Notes.