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Author Rodriguez, Joseph A., 1958-

Title Bootstrap new urbanism : design, race, and redevelopment in Milwaukee / Joseph A. Rodriguez
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 241 pages)
Series Comparative urban studies
Comparative urban studies.
Contents Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Introduction -- Socialists and merchants in a thrifty city -- Praising and blaming the suburbs -- Summerfest and the ethnic festivals -- New urbanism, alcohol, and the automobile -- New urbanism and community protests -- Shopping malls, new urbanism, and bronzeville -- Self-help, new urbanism, and crime -- Is Milwaukee a conservative city? -- Index
Summary Joseph Rodriguez critically examines the urban design and revitalization initiatives undertaken by both the government and people of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bootstrap New Urbanism uncovers a practice with implications for urban history, architectural history, planning history, environmental design, ethnic studies, and urban politics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index
Notes English
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Subject City planning -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History
Cities and towns -- Growth.
Community life -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History
ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning.
Cities and towns -- Growth
City planning
Community life
Ethnic relations
SUBJECT Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Ethnic relations
Subject Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020738482
ISBN 9780739186138
0739186132