Manhattan projects the rise and fall o f urban renewal in Cold War New York - Zipp, Samuel; American Council of Learned Societies (Oxford [U.K.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010)
Clearing the slum called war -- Remaking the ethic of city rebuildin g -- The mass home in the middle-class cityscape -- Culture and cold wa r in the making of Lincoln Center -- The battle of Lincoln Square -- Co ld war public housing in the age of urban renewal -- Confronting the "m ass way of life" -- Conclusion: under the sign of the white cross.
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Keywords: Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th cen tury; Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century