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1 online resource (193 pages) |
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Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Ser |
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Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Ser
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Forces of Growth; CHAPTER 1 The Making of a Globalized Austin The Environment, Racism, and the Knowledge Economy; CHAPTER 2 The Value of Knowledge The Expansion of the University of Texas, Urban Renewal, and the Blackland; CHAPTER 3 Bringing In the State State Entrepreneurialism, the University, Land Development, and the High-Technology Sector; Part II: Urban Transformations; CHAPTER 4 Sustaining a Higher Quality of Life The Environment, Crime, and the Remaking of Austin's Downtown |
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CHAPTER 5 Contesting Sustainability "Smart Growth" and the Redevelopment of Austin's East SideCHAPTER 6 What Is Past Is Prologue Urban Governance, Comprehensive Planning, and Political Reform; REFLECTIONS: Outside the Shadows; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Summary |
Austin, Texas, is often depicted as one of the past half centuryÆs great urban successstoriesùa place that has grown enormously through ôcreative classö strategies emphasizing tolerance and environmental consciousness. In Shadows of a Sunbelt City, Eliot Tretter reinterprets this familiar story by exploring the racial and environmental underpinnings of the postindustrial knowledge economy. He is particularly attentive to how the University of Texasùworking with federal, municipal, and private-sector partners and acquiring the power of eminent domainùexpanded its power and physical footprint. H |
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University of Texas at Austin
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University of Texas at Austin fast |
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Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Texas -- Austin
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Racism -- Texas -- Austin
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Knowledge economy -- Texas -- Austin
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City planning -- Texas -- Austin
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Universities and colleges -- Social aspects -- Texas -- Austin
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Universities and colleges -- Environmental aspects -- Texas -- Austin
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City planning
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Ecology
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Economic history
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Knowledge economy
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Race relations
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Racism
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Universities and colleges -- Environmental aspects
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Universities and colleges -- Social aspects
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Austin (Tex.) -- Environmental conditions
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Austin (Tex.) -- Race relations
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Austin (Tex.) -- Economic conditions
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Texas -- Austin
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Electronic book
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Cowen, Deborah
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Heynen, Nik
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Wright, Melissa W
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9780820349091 |
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0820349097 |
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