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1 online resource (xviii, 316 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-305) and index. |
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Introduction : organized deprivation in the American rust belt -- Othering the deprived city. Racial threat and urban decline ; Urban decline as conservative bonding capital ; The conservative myth of Detroit -- Depriving the othered city. Conservative city limits ; Land-market fundamentalism ; Demolition as urban policy ; Saving the city to kill it -- Conclusion : urban decline was planned. |
| Summary |
Manufacturing Decline argues that antigovernment conservatives capitalized on-and perpetuated-Rust Belt cities' misfortunes by stoking racial resentment. Jason Hackworth traces how the conservative movement has used the imagery and ideas of urban decline since the 1970s to advance their cause. |
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For decades, the distressed cities of the Rust Belt have been symbols of deindustrialization and postindustrial decay, their troubles cast as the inevitable outcome of economic change. The debate about why the fortunes of cities such as Detroit have fallen looms large over questions of social policy. In Manufacturing Decline, Jason Hackworth offers a powerful critique of the role of Rust Belt cities in American political discourse, arguing that antigovernment conservatives capitalized on--and perpetuated--these cities' misfortunes by stoking racial resentment. Hackworth traces how the conservative movement has used the imagery and ideas of urban decline since the 1970s to advance their cause. Through a comparative study of shrinking Rust Belt cities, he argues that the rhetoric of the troubled "inner city" has served as a proxy for other social conflicts around race and class. In particular, conservatives have used images of urban decay to craft "dog-whistle" messages to racially resentful whites, garnering votes for the Republican Party and helping justify limits on local autonomy in distressed cities. The othering of predominantly black industrial cities has served as the basis for disinvestment and deprivation that exacerbated the flight of people and capital. Decline, Hackworth contends, was manufactured both literally and rhetorically in an effort to advance austerity and punitive policies. Weaving together analyses of urban policy, movement conservatism, and market fundamentalism, Manufacturing Decline highlights the central role of racial reaction in creating the problems American cities still face. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
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Shrinking cities -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Shrinking cities. |
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United States. |
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Racism -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Racism -- Political aspects. |
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Conservatism -- United States.
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Urban policy -- United States.
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Conservatism. |
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United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects.
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Race relations. |
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Urban policy. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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Race relations -- Political aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Racism. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hackworth, Jason R. Manufacturing decline. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] 9780231193726 (DLC) 2019010795 (OCoLC)1108789988 |
| ISBN |
9780231550475 (electronic book) |
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0231550472 (electronic book) |
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9780231193726 (cloth) |
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0231193726 (cloth) |
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9780231193733 (trade paperback) |
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0231193734 (trade paperback) |
| Standard No. |
10.7312/hack19372 |
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