| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 282 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: The significance of race and place / Robert D. Bullard -- The Black metropolis in the era of sprawl / Robert D. Bullard -- Structural racism and spatial Jim Crow / John A. Powell -- Residential apartheid America style / Joe T. Darden -- Dilemma of place and suburbanization of the Black middle class / Sheryll Cashin -- Walling in or walling out : gated communities / Edward J. Blakely and Thomas W. Sanchez -- Spatial mismatch and job sprawl / Michael A. Stoll -- Atlanta : a Black mecca? / Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres -- Black New Orleans : before and after Hurricane Katrina / Beverly H. Wright and Robert D. Bullard -- Health disparities in Black Los Angeles / J. Eugene Grigsby III -- Black political power in the new century / David A. Bositis -- Achieving equitable development / Angela Glover Blackwell |
| Summary |
This book brings together key essays that seek to make visible and expand our understanding of the role of government (policies, programs, and investments) in shaping cities and metropolitan regions; the costs and consequences of uneven urban and regional growth patterns; suburban sprawl and public health, transportation, and economic development; and the enduring connection of place, space, and race in the era of increased globalization. Whether intended or unintended, many government policies (housing, transportation, land use, environmental, economic development, education, etc.) have aided |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| SUBJECT |
University of South Alabama gnd |
| Subject |
City dwellers -- United States.
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
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Black people -- Segregation -- United States
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Sociology, Urban -- United States
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Urban geography -- United States
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Human geography -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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African Americans -- Social conditions
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Black people -- Segregation
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City dwellers
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Human geography
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Sociology, Urban
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Urban geography
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Stadtbevölkerung
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Schwarze
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United States
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Schwärze
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bullard, Robert D. (Robert Doyle), 1946-
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| LC no. |
2021675172 |
| ISBN |
9780742571778 |
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0742571777 |
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