Title: bias...
Review: Although I can see what the author is trying to accomplish by writing this book, I just can't get past how blatantly bias, one-sided, and even bigoted it is at times. The author provides some valuable information, but it is not academic quality. Any reader with a critical eye will notice paragraph after paragraph of useless information, "facts" from people recalling childhood memories, and strange outlandish connections between urban renewal and a low quality of life. To her credit, she exposes the underbelly of this renewal process, but fails to recognize how what has happened is a result of being a "product" of a particular place in time. I am really looking for some valuable information that I could cite in an academic paper, but am finding nothing but strange leaps to conclusions (there are a few good facts though) and foggy sources. I would only recommend this book as easy reading...but don't treat it as gospel.
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