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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Steven T MogaPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 9780226710532ISBN 10: 022671053 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 21 September 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Low Wards 1 From Bottomlands to Bottom Neighborhoods 2 Harlem Flats New York, New York 3 Black Bottom Nashville, Tennessee 4 Swede Hollow Saint Paul, Minnesota 5 The FlatsLos Angeles, California6 Landscapes of Poverty and Power Epilogue: Lowland Legacies Acknowledgments Notes IndexReviewsMoga makes an exceptionally persuasive case regarding the factors shaping the development of lowland areas. He clearly establishes the importance of disease theory and racial attitudes as critical to urban decision-making. What is most impressive about Urban Lowlands is that Moga seamlessly connects his story of bottomlands to larger developments in urban planning in the post-1930s period. --David Soll, author of Empire of Water: An Environmental and Political History of the New York Water """Moga makes an exceptionally persuasive case regarding the factors shaping the development of lowland areas. He clearly establishes the importance of disease theory and racial attitudes as critical to urban decision-making. What is most impressive about Urban Lowlands is that Moga seamlessly connects his story of bottomlands to larger developments in urban planning in the post-1930s period.""--David Soll, author of Empire of Water: An Environmental and Political History of the New York Water" Author InformationSteven T. Moga is assistant professor of landscape studies at Smith College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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