The Slaughter of Cities: Urban Renewal As Ethnic Cleansing

Taking Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, and Chicago as cautionary examples, Jones tells the story of housing policy and social engineering in the US during and following World War II. He tries to explain why American cities, unlike the European cities that were rebuild after the destruction of war, are a few showcase buildings surrounded by poverty and waste where neighborhoods once thrived. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR