{"product_id":"the-folklore-of-the-freeway-9780816680733","title":"The Folklore of the Freeway","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Eric Avila's in-depth research and his sheer passionate commitment to the subject should make this one of the rare books that succeeds in replacing a widely-accepted narrative.\" —Robert Fishman, University of Michigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A must-read cultural history of the 'invisible freeway revolts' through which city people of color have demanded social justice in the midst of aggressive urban reforms. Avila provides timely lessons for scholars and urban planners, pointing us to pay closer attention to the aesthetic and expressive forms of these protests, so necssary to achieve spatial justice in American cities.\" —Arlene Davila, New York University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Folklore of the Freeway\u003c\/i\u003e fuses art and public policy in a graceful narrative.\"—\u003ci\u003eKCET- LA Letters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Each chapter is rich with details rarely considered, challenging readers to rethink their understanding of growth and development\"—\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Avila’s book is critically important for placing communities of color at the center of the narrative of anti-highway activism. In showing us that culture is affected by political activities like highway construction, he makes a welcome intervention into a historical topic that has often ignored culture and suggests areas for further research.\"—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Studies Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Avila’s work is an important history of the modernist city and its discontents, transforming the narrative of the freeway revolt.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Eric Avila . . . has written a thoughtful account of the impact of the construction of the American Interstate highway system on the urban barrios and ghettos it often traversed.\"—\u003ci\u003eTraditional Dwellings and Settlements Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Folklore of the Freeway \u003c\/i\u003emakes the invisible freeway revolt not only visible, but vivid, clear, and indisputable.\"—\u003ci\u003eBuildings \u0026amp; Settlements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Folklore of the Freeway\u003c\/i\u003e offers a provocative account of the cultural history of the freeway in the American city, which interweaves past and present into a compelling narrative that challenges urban scholars to rethink the basic points of reference that have framed the storyline of the freeway revolt.\"—\u003ci\u003eUrban Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Avila’s book serves not only as a reminder of the role that race and political power played in the placement of urban highways, but as call to remake the highway system more justly.\"—\u003ci\u003ePlanning Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Invisible Freeway Revolt\u003cb\u003e1. The Master’s Plan: The Rise and Fall of the Modernist City\u003cb\u003e2. “Nobody But a Bunch of Mothers”: Fighting the Highwaymen During Feminism’s Second Wave\u003cb\u003e3. Communities Lost and Found: The Politics of Historical Memory\u003cb\u003e4. A Matter of Perspective: The Racial Politics of Seeing the Freeway\u003cb\u003e5. Taking Back the Freeway: Strategies of Adaptation and Improvisation\u003cb\u003eConclusion: Identity Politics in Post-Interstate America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cb\u003eNotes\u003cb\u003eIndex\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405970514263,"sku":"9780816680733","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-folklore-of-the-freeway-9780816680733","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}