Avila, Eric, 1968-
The folklore of the freeway : race and revolt in the modernist city / Eric Avila. - Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2014. - xi, 228 p. : ill. (some col.) - A quadrant book .
"A quadrant book"
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Invisible Freeway Revolt -- 1. The Master's Plan: The Rise and Fall of the Modernist City -- 2. "Nobody But a Bunch of Mothers": Fighting the Highwaymen During Feminism's Second Wave -- 3. Communities Lost and Found: The Politics of Historical Memory -- 4. A Matter of Perspective: The Racial Politics of Seeing the Freeway -- 5. Taking Back the Freeway: Strategies of Adaptation and Improvisation -- Conclusion: Identity Politics in Post-Interstate America -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
9780816680733 (paperback) 0816680736 (paperback) 9780816680726 (hardcover) 0816680728 (hardcover)
2014001571
016714055 Uk 016715396 Uk
Express highways -- Social aspects -- United States.
City planning -- United States.
HE336.E94 / A855 2014
The folklore of the freeway : race and revolt in the modernist city / Eric Avila. - Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2014. - xi, 228 p. : ill. (some col.) - A quadrant book .
"A quadrant book"
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Invisible Freeway Revolt -- 1. The Master's Plan: The Rise and Fall of the Modernist City -- 2. "Nobody But a Bunch of Mothers": Fighting the Highwaymen During Feminism's Second Wave -- 3. Communities Lost and Found: The Politics of Historical Memory -- 4. A Matter of Perspective: The Racial Politics of Seeing the Freeway -- 5. Taking Back the Freeway: Strategies of Adaptation and Improvisation -- Conclusion: Identity Politics in Post-Interstate America -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
9780816680733 (paperback) 0816680736 (paperback) 9780816680726 (hardcover) 0816680728 (hardcover)
2014001571
016714055 Uk 016715396 Uk
Express highways -- Social aspects -- United States.
City planning -- United States.
HE336.E94 / A855 2014
