The new urban renewal : the economic transformation of Harlem and Bronzeville / Derek S. Hyra.

Author: Hyra, Derek S.

Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2008.

ISBN: 9780226366043 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226366049 (cloth : alk. paper)

Description: xvii, 214 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject: Urban renewal New York (State) New York.
Urban renewal Illinois Chicago.
Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) Economic conditions.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Economic conditions.

Contents: Building a theoretical framework of urban transformation -- What's globalization got to do with it? -- The new urban renewal, part 1: The empowerment zones -- The new urban renewal, part 2: Public housing reforms -- City politics and black protest -- Racial-uplift? Intra-racial class conflict -- Conclusion : a revisit to urban theory and policy -- Appendix A: demographic information -- Appendix B: community areas in New York City and Chicago -- Appendix C: public housing data -- Appendix D: the comparative, vertical ethnographic approach.