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Atlanta: Race, Class And Urban Expansion (Comparitive American Cities)
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Atlanta: Race, Class And Urban Expansion (Comparitive American Cities)
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by Larry Keating
Sales Rank : 936951
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Paperback: 214 pages
Publisher: Temple University Press January 15, 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1566398215
ISBN-13: 978-1566398213
Product Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
Product Description
Atlanta, the epitome of the New South, is a city whose economic growth has transformed it from a provincial capital to a global city, one that could bid for and win the 1996 Summer Olympics. Yet the reality is that the exceptional growth of the region over the last twenty years has exacerbated inequality, particularly for African Americans. Atlanta, the city of Martin Luther King, Jr., remains one of the most segregated cities in the United States.
Despite African American success in winning the mayor's office and control of the City Council, development plans have remained in the control of private business interests. Keating tells a number of troubling stories. What the development of the Underground Atlanta, the construction of the Rapid Rail system (MARTA), the building of a new stadium for the Braves, the redevelopment of public housing, and the arrangements for the Olympic Games all have in common is a lack of democratic process. Instead, business and political elites ignored protests from neighborhood groups, the interests of the poor, and the advice of planners.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Publisher Description
Troubling stories about private interests over public development in Atlanta.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
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