Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Urban Lowlands by Steven T. Moga In Urban Lowlands, Steven T. Moga looks closely at the Harlem Flats in New York City, Black Bottom in Nashville, Swede Hollow in Saint Paul, and the Flats in Los Angeles, to interrogate the connections between a citys actual landscape and the poverty and social problems that are often concentrated at its literal lowest points. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective on the history of US urban development from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, Moga reveals patterns of inequitable land use, economic dispossession, and social discrimination against immigrants and minorities. In attending to the landscapes of neighborhoods typically considered slums, Moga shows how physical and policy-driven containment has shaped the lives of the urban poor, while wealth and access to resources have been historically concentrated in elevated areas—truly "the heights." Mogas innovative framework expands our understanding of how planning and economic segregation alike have molded the American city. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Steven T. Moga is assistant professor of landscape studies at Smith College. Table of Contents Introduction: The Low Wards 1 From Bottomlands to Bottom Neighborhoods 2 Harlem Flats New York, New York 3 Black Bottom Nashville, Tennessee 4 Swede Hollow Saint Paul, Minnesota 5 The FlatsLos Angeles, California6 Landscapes of Poverty and PowerEpilogue: Lowland LegaciesAcknowledgments Notes Index Review "Moga makes an exceptionally persuasive case regarding the factors shaping the development of lowland areas. He clearly establishes the importance of disease theory and racial attitudes as critical to urban decision-making. What is most impressive about Urban Lowlands is that Moga seamlessly connects his story of bottomlands to larger developments in urban planning in the post-1930s period."--David Soll, author of Empire of Water: An Environmental and Political History of the New York Water Review Quote " Urban Lowlands offers ideas that should attract widespread attention among urban historians. . . . This fine book weaves together several strands of United States urban history over the period from Reconstruction to the New Deal. . . . Moga makes excellent use of maps and illustrations to show correlations between altitude and social or political discourses. Among other things, he casts new light on geographic processes in relation to changing understanding of disease, attitudes about immigrants, the introduction of zoning, redlining, and the ongoing redefinition of slum." Details ISBN022671053X Author Steven T. Moga Pages 240 Year 2020 ISBN-10 022671053X ISBN-13 9780226710532 Format Hardcover Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle A History of Neighborhoods, Poverty, and Planning Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States DEWEY 307.12160973 Short Title Urban Lowlands Language English AU Release Date 2020-09-21 NZ Release Date 2020-09-21 US Release Date 2020-09-21 Publication Date 2020-09-21 UK Release Date 2020-09-21 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Series Historical Studies of Urban America Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161781920;
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ISBN-13: 9780226710532
Book Title: Urban Lowlands
ISBN: 9780226710532
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Urban Lowlands: a History of Neighborhoods, Poverty, and Planning
Publisher: T.H.E. University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: Geography & Geosciences, History
Item Height: 229 mm
Type: Textbook
Author: Steven T Moga
Subject Area: Urban Planning
Series: Historical Studies of Urban America
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover
