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- catalog abstract "In the decades following World War II, professional city planners in Detroit made a concerted effort to halt the city's physical and economic decline. Their successes included an award-winning master plan, a number of laudable redevelopment projects, and exemplary planning leadership in the city and the nation. Yet in those same decades, Detroit was transformed from a city that enjoyed liveable neighborhoods, healthy commercial strips, a bustling downtown, and beautiful parks into the notorious symbol of urban decay that it is today. In Redevelopment and Race, June Manning Thomas explains what went wrong. She demonstrates how and why government programs were ineffective and even destructive to community needs - and how social striving and class disunity added a further difficulty to their implementation. Examining the city she knew first as an undergraduate student at Michigan State University and later as a scholar and planner, Thomas argues for a different approach to traditional planning - one that places social justice, equity, and community ahead of purely physical and economic objectives. A unique historical analysis of the interaction or redevelopment and racial issues in one city, this book offers an important contribution to both planning history and urban studies. Thomas's thoughtful solutions offer hope to both citizens and government agencies that struggle every day with redevelopment issues in America's older industrial cities.".
- catalog alternative "Planning a finer city in postwar Detroit".
- catalog contributor b10224814.
- catalog coverage "Detroit (Mich.) Race relations History.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "1. Roots of Postwar Redevelopment -- 2. Postwar Planning -- 3. Eliminating Slums and Blight -- 4. Racial Flight and the Conservation Experiment -- 5. Revisioning Urban Renewal -- 6. Rising from the Fire -- 7. Coleman Young and Redevelopment -- 8. Planning a Better City -- 9. Racial Disunity -- 10. Conclusion: Moving toward a Finer City.".
- catalog description "In Redevelopment and Race, June Manning Thomas explains what went wrong. She demonstrates how and why government programs were ineffective and even destructive to community needs - and how social striving and class disunity added a further difficulty to their implementation. Examining the city she knew first as an undergraduate student at Michigan State University and later as a scholar and planner, Thomas argues for a different approach to traditional planning - one that places social justice, equity, and community ahead of purely physical and economic objectives. A unique historical analysis of the interaction or redevelopment and racial issues in one city, this book offers an important contribution to both planning history and urban studies.".
- catalog description "In the decades following World War II, professional city planners in Detroit made a concerted effort to halt the city's physical and economic decline. Their successes included an award-winning master plan, a number of laudable redevelopment projects, and exemplary planning leadership in the city and the nation. Yet in those same decades, Detroit was transformed from a city that enjoyed liveable neighborhoods, healthy commercial strips, a bustling downtown, and beautiful parks into the notorious symbol of urban decay that it is today.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Thomas's thoughtful solutions offer hope to both citizens and government agencies that struggle every day with redevelopment issues in America's older industrial cities.".
- catalog extent "xx, 274 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Redevelopment and race.".
- catalog identifier "080185444X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Redevelopment and race.".
- catalog isPartOf "Creating the North American landscape".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Redevelopment and race.".
- catalog spatial "Detroit (Mich.) Race relations History.".
- catalog spatial "Michigan Detroit".
- catalog subject "307.1/216/0977434 20".
- catalog subject "African Americans Michigan Detroit History.".
- catalog subject "City planning Michigan Detroit History.".
- catalog subject "HT177.D4 T56 1997".
- catalog subject "Urban renewal Michigan Detroit History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Roots of Postwar Redevelopment -- 2. Postwar Planning -- 3. Eliminating Slums and Blight -- 4. Racial Flight and the Conservation Experiment -- 5. Revisioning Urban Renewal -- 6. Rising from the Fire -- 7. Coleman Young and Redevelopment -- 8. Planning a Better City -- 9. Racial Disunity -- 10. Conclusion: Moving toward a Finer City.".
- catalog title "Planning a finer city in postwar Detroit".
- catalog title "Redevelopment and race : planning a finer city in postwar Detroit / June Manning Thomas.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".