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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
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 ball brings down some of these concrete monoliths, Sudhir Venkatesh seeks to reexamine public housing from th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674008304
ISBN-10: 0674008308
Publication Date: 4/15/2002
Pages: 360
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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