Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
Building a theoretical framework of urban transformation.-- What's globalization got to do with it?.-- The new urban renewal, part 1: The empowerment zones.-- The new urban renewal, part 2: Public housing reforms.-- City politics and black protest.-- Racial-uplift? Intra-racial class conflict.-- Conclusion : a revisit to urban theory and policy.-- Appendix A: demographic information.-- Appendix B: community areas in New York City and Chicago.-- Appendix C: public housing data.-- Appendix D: the comparative, vertical ethnographic approach.