Novel shocks urban renewal and the origins of neoliberalism / Myka Tucker-Abramson.
| Author/creator | Tucker-Abramson, Myka |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Fordham University Press, 2019. |
| Description | v, 197 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Urban renewal and the origins of neoliberalism |
| Abstract | "Novel Shocks: Urban Renewal and the Origins of Neoliberalism traces the political and cultural origins of neoliberalism to the large-scale suburbanization and urban renewal programs of the 1950s and early 1960s, and places the Cold War novel at the center of this story. Throughout the 1950s, a coalition of developers, politicians and planners, bulldozed vast areas of land deemed "slums" or "blighted" to make way for freeways to the new suburban developments, public and private housing projects, medical centers, skyscrapers, and even the new United Nations headquarters. While the program was national, New York was ground zero, and like Haussman's creative destruction of Paris a century before, the demolition and monumental reconstruction of New York created a distinctive, and soon to be global, urban sensorium, one rooted in the new segregated landscapes of prosperous white private space and poor black public space" -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018024887 |
| ISBN | 9780823282708 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780823282692 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |