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Peer reviewedMoore, Winston; And Others – Public Interest, 1973
Examines the reasons for the collapse of neighborhoods like Woodlawn so that suffering may be abated and not unwittingly exacerbated. (DM)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Demography, Economic Factors, History
Peer reviewedDeMuth, Christopher C. – Public Interest, 1976
A review essay focusing on two recent books, The Politics of Neglect: Urban Aid from Model Cities to Revenue Sharing, by Bernard J. Frieden and Marshall Kaplan (The MIT Press), and Between the Idea and the Reality: A Study in the Origin, Fate, and Legacy of the Model Cities Program, by Charles M. Haar (Little, Brown). (JM)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Problems, City Government, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedWhitman, David – Public Interest, 1991
Critiques Nicholas Lemann's recent book on the 1940-70 Black migration from the South to the urban North, particularly the thesis that the modern-day Black urban underclass is composed mainly of ex-sharecroppers and their descendants. Traces the theory's political history and discusses evidence that many Black migrants achieved relative success.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Migration Patterns, Misconceptions, Poverty
