World More Concrete - Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Florida

Many people understand urban renewal projects and the power of eminent domain as two of the most widely despised, and even racist, tools for reshaping American cities in the postwar period. Concerned more with winners and losers than with heroes and villains, this book offers a sober assessment of money and power in Jim Crow America.

About the author

N. D. B. Connolly is assistant professor of history at Johns Hopkins University.

Summary

Many people understand urban renewal projects and the power of eminent domain as two of the most widely despised, and even racist, tools for reshaping American cities in the postwar period. Concerned more with winners and losers than with heroes and villains, this book offers a sober assessment of money and power in Jim Crow America.

Product details

• Authors: N. D. B. Connolly, Connolly N. D. B.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.08.2014
• EAN: 9780226115146
• ISBN: 978-0-226-11514-6
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban Am; Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban America (CHUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Florida, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Urban communities, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)