ISBN: 9781469632636 - city in a garden: environmental transformations and racial justice in twentieth-century austin, texas (14 resultados)

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Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. &Uumlber den AutorAndrew M. Busch is senior lecturer and program director of American studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.KlappentextrnrnThe natural beauty of Austin, Texas, has always been central to the ci.…

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Buch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The natural beauty of Austin, Texas, has always been central to the city's identity. From the beginning, city leaders, residents, planners, and employers consistently imagined Austin as a natural place, highlighting the region's environmental attributes as they marketed the city and planned for its growth. Yet, as Austin modernized and attracted an educated and skilled labor force, the demand to preserve its natural spaces was used to justify economic and racial segregation. This effort to create and maintain a "city in a garden" perpetuated uneven social and economic power relationships throughout the twentieth century.In telling Austin's story, Andrew M. Busch invites readers to consider the wider implications of environmentally friendly urban development. While Austin's mainstream environmental record is impressive, its minority groups continue to live on the economic, social, and geographic margins of the city. By demonstrating how the city's midcentury modernization and progressive movement sustained racial oppression, restriction, and uneven development in the decades that followed, Busch reveals the darker ramifications of Austin's green growth. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. City in a Garden | Environmental Transformations and Racial Justice in Twentieth-Century Austin, Texas | Andrew M. Busch | Buch | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2017 | The University of North Carolina Press | EAN 9781469632636 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…