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City for Sale
University of California Press 2002; US$ 15.95San Francisco is perhaps the most exhilarating of all American cities--its beauty, cultural and political avant-gardism, and history are legendary, while its idiosyncrasies make front-page news. In this revised edition of his highly regarded study of San Francisco's economic and political development since the mid-1950s, Chester Hartman gives a detailed... more...
There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster
Routledge 2006; US$ 24.95Shows the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. This work covers the response to the disaster and the roles that race and class played, its impact on housing and redevelopment, the historical context of urban disasters in America and the future of economic development in the region. more...
The Integration Debate
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 41.95Racial integration, and policies intended to achieve greater integration, continue to generate controversy in the United States, with some of the most heated debates taking place among long-standing advocates of racial equality. Today, many nonwhites express what has been referred to as "integration exhaustion" as they question the value of integration... more...
From Foreclosure to Fair Lending
New Village Press 2013; US$ 19.95This book addresses important issues of the Occupy protest movement for fair lending, fair housing advocacy, and equal opportunity. more...
There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first comprehensive critical book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The disaster will go down on record as one of the worst in American history, not least because of the government?s inept and cavalier response. But it is also a huge story for other reasons; the impact... more...
A Right to Housing
Temple University Press 2006; US$ 44.95In the 1949 Housing Act, Congress declared "a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family" our national housing goal. Today, little more than half a century later, upwards of 100 million people in the United States live in housing that is physically inadequate, unsafe, overcrowded, or unaffordable. The contributors... more...
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