The Divided City : Poverty and Prosperity in Urban America.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (346 pages)
Front Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowlegments -- Introduction: Revival and Inequity -- 1. The Rise and Fall of the American Industrial City -- 2. Millenials, Immigrants, and the Shrinking Middle Class -- 3. From Factories to "Eds and Meds -- 4. Race, Poverty, and Real Estate -- 5. Gentrification and Its Discontents -- 6. Sligind Downhill: The Other Side of Neighborhood Change -- 7. The Other Postindustrial America: Small Cities, Mill Towns and Struggling Suburbs -- 8. Empty Houses and Distressed Neighborhoods: Confronting the Challenge of Place -- 9. Jobs and Education: The Struggle to Escape the Poverty Trap -- 10. Power and Politics: Finding the Will to Change -- 11. A Path to Inclustion and Opportunity -- References -- About the Author -- Index -- IP Board of Directors.
9781610917827
Urban renewal-United States. Sociology, Urban-United States. Urban poor-United States.