{"product_id":"a-good-place-to-do-roger-biles-9781439920817","title":"A Good Place to Do Business: The Politics of Downtown Renewal since 1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \"Pittsburgh Renaissance,\" an urban renewal effort launched in the late 1940s, transformed the smoky rust belt city's downtown. Working-class residents and people of color saw their neighborhoods cleared and replaced with upscale, white residents and with large corporations housed in massive skyscrapers. Pittsburgh's Renaissance's apparent success quickly became a model for several struggling industrial cities, including St. Louis, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, and Philadelphia. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Good Place to Do Business, \u003c\/i\u003e Roger Biles and Mark Rose\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003echronicle these urban \"makeovers\" which promised increased tourism and fashionable shopping as well as the development of sports stadiums, convention centers, downtown parks, and more. They examine the politics of these government-funded redevelopment programs and show how city politics (and policymakers) often dictated the level of success. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs city officials and business elites determined to reorganize their downtowns, a deeply racialized politics sacrificed neighborhoods and the livelihoods of those pushed out. Yet, as \u003ci\u003eA Good Place to Do Business\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e more often than not, costly efforts to bring about the hoped-for improvements failed to revitalize those cities, or even their downtowns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Biles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439920818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439920817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023","brand":"Roger Biles","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44131839475967,"sku":"9781439920817","price":125.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e39d568-f54d-4698-a3dc-c1d218f9a97e.jpg?v=1687476699","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-good-place-to-do-roger-biles-9781439920817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}