| Atlanta: Race, Class and Urban Expansion Contributor(s): Keating, Larry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566398215 ISBN-13: 9781566398213 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: 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. 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 share a lack of democratic process. Business and political elites ignored protests from neighborhood groups, the interests of the poor, and the advice of planners. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development |
| Dewey: 305.8 |
| LCCN: 00039281 |
| Series: Comparative American Cities |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.02" W x 9.02" (0.73 lbs) 214 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Georgia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Atlanta has transformed from a provincial capital to a global city, but it still contains inequalities, particularly for African-Americans. Keating tells troubling stories of development plans that are under the control of private business and the lack of democratic process. |