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Private property and public power : eminent domain in Philadelphia / Debbie Becher.

Author/creator Becher, Deborah Lynn, 1970-
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxv, 334 pages ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Urban renewal--Pennsylvania --Philadelphia --Case studies.
Eminent domain--Pennsylvania --Philadelphia --Case studies.
Homeowners--Pennsylvania --Philadelphia --Case studies.
Real estate investment--Pennsylvania --Philadelphia --Case studies.
City planning--Moral and ethical aspects --Pennsylvania --Philadelphia --Case studies.
Land use, Urban--Government policy --Pennsylvania --Philadelphia --Case studies.
Contents Investment and government legitimacy -- The policy and politics of urban redevelopment -- Rhetoric without a cause: beyond libertarian and left cries of abuse -- American Street I: from badlands to promised lands -- American Street II: from promises to protests -- Jefferson Square I: competing visions of investment protection -- Jefferson Square II: legitimacy through reconciled visions -- Compensating for property by recognizing investments -- The politics of property.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 313-320) and index.
Genre/formCase studies.
LCCN 2014001399
ISBN9780199322541 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0199322546 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780199322558 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0199322554 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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