Building a Better Chicago: Race and Community Resistance to Urban Redevelopment

by Teresa Irene Gonzales

Book Overview

How local Black and Brown communities can resist gentrification and fight for their interests

Despite promises from politicians, nonprofits, and government agencies, Chicago's most disadvantaged neighborhoods remain plagued by poverty, failing schools, and gang activity. In Building a Better Chicago, Teresa Irene Gonzales shows us how, and why, these promises have gone unfulfilled, revealing tensions between neighborhood residents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479814881
• ISBN13: 9781479814886
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"