The geographies of threat and the production of violence : the state and the city between us /
Rasul A. Mowatt.
- 1 online resource (vi, 284 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
""Truly the book for our times" -Karl Spracklen, co-author, Protests as Events The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence exposes the racism and xenophobia encoded in urban infrastructure-from highways cleaving neighborhoods of color to laws and policies fortifying even more unbreachable boundaries. This synthesis of narrative and theory resurrects neglected episodes of state violence and reveals how the built environment that continues to enable it today"--
City planning--Moral and ethical aspects--United States. Urban policy--Moral and ethical aspects--United States. Ethnic neighborhoods--United States. Violence--United States. Race discrimination--United States. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning