{"product_id":"displacing-blackness-planning-power-and-race-in-twentieth-century-halifax-paperback-softback-9781487522728","title":"Displacing Blackness; Planning, Power, and Race in Twentieth-Century Halifax (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487522728","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDisplacing Blackness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePlanning, Power, and Race in Twentieth-Century Halifax\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTed Rutland (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487522728\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 May 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.6 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern urban planning has long promised to improve the quality of human life. But how is human life defined? \u003ci\u003eDisplacing Blackness\u003c\/i\u003e develops a unique critique of urban planning by focusing, not on its subservience to economic or political elites, but on its efforts to improve people\u0026amp;#x2019;s lives. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile focused on twentieth-century Halifax, \u003ci\u003eDisplacing Blackness\u003c\/i\u003e develops broad insights about the possibilities and limitations of modern planning. Drawing connections between the history of planning and emerging scholarship in Black Studies, Ted Rutland positions anti-blackness at the heart of contemporary city-making. Moving through a series of important planning initiatives, from a social housing project concerned with the moral and physical health of working-class residents to a sustainability-focused regional plan, \u003ci\u003eDisplacing Blackness\u003c\/i\u003e shows how race – specifically blackness – has defined the boundaries of the human being and guided urban planning, with grave consequences for the city\u0026amp;#x2019;s Black residents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Higher Living through Environment\": The Reformers, the Slums, and the Emergence of Modern Urban Planning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlanning the Town White: Comprehensive Planning, Scientific Racism, and the Destruction of Africville\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA Calibrated Rush for Progress: Urban Renewal, Anti-Blackness, and the Diverse Effects of a Totalizing Planning Project\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"A Place to Enjoy Oneself\": Anti-Renewal Activism, Citizen Involvement, and the Limits of Urban Amenity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlanning by Other Means: The Black United Front and the Struggle for Self-Determination\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaking Space for Homo economicus: Neoliberalism, Regional Planning, and the Boundaries of Economic Life\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595499368728,"sku":"9781487522728","price":27.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/displacing-blackness-planning-power-and-race-in-twentieth-century-halifax-paperback-softback-9781487522728","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}