Manhattan projects
Subtitle: the rise and fall of urban renewal in cold war New York
By: Samuel Zipp.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195328745
Subjects: Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century; Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Clearing the slum called war; title: Remaking the ethic of city rebuilding; title: The mass and middle class cityscape; title: Culture and cold war in the making of Lincoln Center; title: The battle of Lincoln Square; title: Cold war public housing in the age of urban renewal; title: Confronting the "mass way of life"; title: Conclusion: under the sign of the white cross.