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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815087503321

Autore

Connerly Charles E. <1946->

Titolo

"The most segregated city in America" [[electronic resource] ] : city planning and civil rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980 / / Charles E. Connerly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2005

ISBN

0-8139-3538-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Collana

Center Books

Disciplina

307.1/216/089960730761781

Soggetti

Segregation - Alabama - Birmingham - History - 20th century

City planning - Alabama - Birmingham - History - 20th century

African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama - Birmingham - History - 20th century

Civil rights movements - Alabama - Birmingham - History - 20th century

Birmingham (Ala.) Race relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First paperback edition published 2013.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

VIR Connerly_front; VIR Connerly_ch00; VIR Connerly_ch01; VIR Connerly_ch02; VIR Connerly_ch03; VIR Connerly_ch04; VIR Connerly_ch05; VIR Connerly_ch06; VIR Connerly_ch07; VIR Connerly_ch08; VIR Connerly_ch09; VIR Connerly_notes; VIR Connerly_index

Sommario/riassunto

His demonstration of how Birmingham's race-based planning legacy led to the confrontations that culminated in the city's struggle for civil rights provides a fresh lens on the history and future of urban planning, and its relation to race.