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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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Huvudupphovsman: Avila, Eric (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Online Resource Bok
Språk:English
Publicerad: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , 2014
Serie:A Quadrant book
Länkar:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/upso-ebooks-art/dx.doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816680726.001.0001
Anmärkningar om upphovsman:Eric Avila
E-Book Packages:Oxford University Press : Minnesota Scholarship Online / Architecture
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Sammanfattning: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.
Fysisk beskrivning:Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xi, 228 pages))
ISBN:9781452947860