Samuel Zipp

Manhattan Projects

The Rise and Fall of Urban Renewal in Cold War New York

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Produktbeschreibung

In the two decades after World War II, New York was shaken by struggles over urban renewal. Manhattan Projects offers a fresh look at the history of those conflicts, showing how the idea of urban renewal was made and unmade as the state of the art technique for remaking cities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 708g
• ISBN-13: 9780199874057
• ISBN-10: 0199874050
• Artikelnr.: 34224847

Autorenporträt

Samuel Zipp is Assistant Professor of American Civilization and Urban Studies at Brown University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: United Nations
1. Clearing the Slum Called War
Part II: Stuyvesant Town
2. Remaking the Ethic of City Rebuilding
3. Th e Mass Home in the Middle-Class Cityscape
Part III: Lincoln Square
4. Culture and Cold War in the Making of Lincoln Center
5. Th e Battle of Lincoln Square
Part IV: East Harlem
6. Cold War Public Housing in the Age of Urban Renewal
7. Confronting the "Mass Way of Life"
Conclusion: Under the Sign of the White Cross
Notes
Index