Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, And What We Can Do About ItDr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, a clinical psychiatrist, exposes the devastating outcome of decades of urban renewal projects to our nation’s marginalized communities. Examining the traumatic stress of “root shock” in three African American communities and similar widespread damage in other cities, she makes an impassioned and powerful argument against the continued invasive and unjust development practices of displacing poor neighborhoods. |
Contents
THE BUTTERFLY IN BEIJING | |
URBAN RENEWAL | |
WHEN THE CENTER FAILS | |
WHAT WILL HOLD? | |
UNCEASING STRUGGLE | |
HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CITY | |
OUR PLACE OUR HOME | |
Notes | |
Technical Note | |
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