The Origins of the Dual City

The Origins of the Dual City
Author :
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 377
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780226661582
ISBN-13 : 022666158X
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Origins of the Dual City by : Joel Rast

Download or read book The Origins of the Dual City written by Joel Rast and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago is celebrated for its rich diversity, but, even more than most US cities, it is also plagued by segregation and extreme inequality. More than ever, Chicago is a “dual city,” a condition taken for granted by many residents. In this book, Joel Rast reveals that today’s tacit acceptance of rising urban inequality is a marked departure from the past. For much of the twentieth century, a key goal for civic leaders was the total elimination of slums and blight. Yet over time, as anti-slum efforts faltered, leaders shifted the focus of their initiatives away from low-income areas and toward the upgrading of neighborhoods with greater economic promise. As misguided as postwar public housing and urban renewal programs were, they were born of a long-standing reformist impulse aimed at improving living conditions for people of all classes and colors across the city—something that can’t be said to be a true priority for many policymakers today. The Origins of the Dual City illuminates how we normalized and became resigned to living amid stark racial and economic divides.


The Origins of the Dual City Related Books

The Origins of the Dual City
Language: en
Pages: 377
Authors: Joel Rast
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-14 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Chicago is celebrated for its rich diversity, but, even more than most US cities, it is also plagued by segregation and extreme inequality. More than ever, Chic
Rogues, Rebels, And Rubber Stamps
Language: en
Pages: 319
Authors: Dick Simpson
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-08 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In Rogues, Rebels, and Rubber Stamps, Dick Simpson challenges and recasts current theories of Regime Politics as he chronicles the dramatic story of the civic w
States of Childhood
Language: en
Pages: 481
Authors: Jennifer S. Light
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-14 - Publisher: MIT Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A number of curious communities sprang up across the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century: simulated cities, states, and nations in
The Use of the Licensing Power by the City of Chicago
Language: en
Pages: 218
Authors: Malcolm B. Parsons
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1952 - Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Congressional Record
Language: en
Pages: 1324
Authors: United States. Congress
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 1968 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK