Market, place, and landscape -- "Creative destruction" -- Urban landscape -- Steeltown : power and autonomy in Weirton, West Virginia -- Motown's steeltown : the power of productive labor in Detroit -- Mill and the mall : power and homogeneity in Westchester County -- Gentrification, cuisine, and the critical infrastructure : power and centrality downtown -- Disney World : the power of facade/the facade of power
Summary
This study analyzes five different types of American urban communities to demonstrate the manner in which economic and political power have constructed the urban landscape. It uses such examples as Disneyworld and Henry Ford's industrial complex to show how powerful interests have shaped the land
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-319) and index
