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The folklore of the freeway : race and revolt in the modernist city
This is an alternative history of highway construction in urban America, emphasising the cultural politics of fighting freeways in the inner city. Using the methods of ethnic studies, cultural studies, and urban history, the book offers a revisionist history of the freeway revolt in urban America, t...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis
: University of Minnesota Press
, 2014
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| Series: | A Quadrant book
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| Online Access: | http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/upso-ebooks-art/dx.doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816680726.001.0001 |
| Author Notes: | Eric Avila |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford University Press : Minnesota Scholarship Online / Architecture |
| Summary: | This is an alternative history of highway construction in urban America, emphasising the cultural politics of fighting freeways in the inner city. Using the methods of ethnic studies, cultural studies, and urban history, the book offers a revisionist history of the freeway revolt in urban America, that moment when neighbourhood activists organised against state highway builders to defend the integrity of their communities. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xi, 228 pages)) |
| ISBN: | 9781452947860 |
