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UNINA9910807651903321 |
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Hirt Sonia |
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Zoned in the USA : the origins and implications of American land-use regulation / / Sonia A. Hirt ; cover design by Lou Robinson |
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Ithaca, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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0-8014-5470-0 |
0-8014-7987-8 |
0-8014-5471-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Land use - United States - Planning - History |
City planning - United States - History |
City planning |
Land use - Planning |
History |
United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. An American Model Of Land-Use Control -- 1. America's Housing Trademark -- 2. How The System Works -- 3. How Others Do It -- 4. Roots -- 5. American Beginnings In A Comparative Context -- 6. The Formative Years Of American Zoning -- Conclusion. The Promises And Paradoxes Of Residential Zoning -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Why are American cities, suburbs, and towns so distinct? Compared to European cities, those in the United States are characterized by lower densities and greater distances; neat, geometric layouts; an abundance of green space; a greater level of social segregation reflected in space; and-perhaps most noticeably-a greater share of individual, single-family detached housing. In Zoned in the USA, Sonia A. Hirt argues that zoning laws are among the important but understudied reasons for the cross-continental differences. Hirt shows that rather than being |
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imported from Europe, U.S. municipal zoning law was in fact an institution that quickly developed its own, distinctly American profile. A distinct spatial culture of individualism-founded on an ideal of separate, single-family residences apart from the dirt and turmoil of industrial and agricultural production-has driven much of municipal regulation, defined land-use, and, ultimately, shaped American life. Hirt explores municipal zoning from a comparative and international perspective, drawing on archival resources and contemporary land-use laws from England, Germany, France, Australia, Russia, Canada, and Japan to challenge assumptions about American cities and the laws that guide them. |
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UNINA9910962217803321 |
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Autore |
Gutierrez Jose Angel |
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A Chicano manual on how to handle gringos / / Jose Angel Gutierrez ; foreword by Henry A.J. Ramos |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Houston, Tex., : Arte Publico Press, c2003 |
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9781611927146 |
1611927145 |
9781611920932 |
1611920930 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Collana |
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Hispanic civil rights series |
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Mexican Americans - Civil rights |
Civil rights movements - United States |
United States Ethnic relations Handbooks, manuals, etc |
United States Ethnic relations Anecdotes |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreward -- Acknowledgments -- Preface. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Under this somewhat threatening title, the renowned civil rights leader José Angel Gutiérrez provides a guidebook to minority empowerment |
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through the use of analysis, practical experience and anecdote. His primary goal is the conversion of Latino demographic power into educational, economic and political power. In an incisive introduction, Gutiérrez analyzes the types of power and evaluates Chicano and Latino access to power at various levels in U.S. society. In very plain, down-to-earth language and examples, Gutiérrez takes pains to make his broad knowledge and experience available to everyone, but especially to those who want to be activists for themselves and their communities. For him the empowerment of a minority or working-class person can transfer into greater empowerment of the whole community. This manual penned by the founder of the only successful Hispanic political party, La Raza Unida, brings together an impressive breadth of models to either follow or avoid. Quite often, Gutiérrez's voice is not only the seasoned voice of reason, but also that of humor, wry wit and satire. If nothing else, The Chicano Manual on How to Handle Gringos is a wonderful survey of the Chicano and Latino community on the move in all spheres of life in the United States on the very eve of its demographic and cultural ascendancy. |
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