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Demolition means progress : Flint, Michigan, and the fate of the American metropolis /

Highsmith, Andrew R.,

Demolition means progress : Flint, Michigan, and the fate of the American metropolis / Andrew R. Highsmith. - xvi, 376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Historical studies of urban America .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

City building and boundary making -- From community education to neighborhood schools -- Jim Crow, GM Crow -- Suburban renewal -- The metropolitan moment -- "Our city believes in lily-white neighborhoods" -- Jim Crow in the era of civil rights -- Suburban crisis -- The battle over school desegregation -- "The fall of Flint".

9780226050058 (cloth : alkaline paper) 9780226419558 (paperback)

2014045147


City planning--Social aspects--Michigan--Flint.


Flint (Mich.)--History.
Flint (Mich.)--Economic conditions.
Flint (Mich.)--Social conditions.

F574.F62 / H54 2015

977.4/37

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