Manhattan Projects by Samuel Zipp

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In the two decades after World War II, New York was shaken by struggles over urban renewal. Manhattan Projects offers a fresh look at the history of those conflicts, showing how the idea of urban renewal was made and unmade as the state of the art technique for remaking cities.

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Manhattan Projects by Samuel Zipp

In the two decades after World War II, New York was shaken by struggles over urban renewal. Manhattan Projects offers a fresh look at the history of those conflicts, showing how the idea of urban renewal was made and unmade as the state of the art technique for remaking cities.
Zipp masterfully demonstrates, though, that Manhattan Projects deserves to be surrounded by the best studies of the evolution of post-World War II urbanism, for it is surely one of them* Eric J. Sandeen, Urban History *
Samuel Zipp is Assistant Professor of American Civilization and Urban Studies at Brown University.
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ISBN 13 9780199874057
ISBN 10 0199874050
Title Manhattan Projects
Author Samuel Zipp
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 2012-04-26
Number of pages 496
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.