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American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto
American Project The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto
Author: Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
High-rise public housing developments were signature features of the post–World War II city. A hopeful experiment in providing temporary, inexpensive housing for all Americans, the “projects” soon became synonymous with the black urban poor, with isolation and overcrowding, with drugs, gang violence, and neglect. As the wrecking b...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674003217
ISBN-10: 0674003217
Publication Date: 11/13/2000
Pages: 332
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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