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9781587317750

The Slaughter of Cities

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  • ISBN13:

    9781587317750

  • ISBN10:

    1587317753

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-12-01
  • Publisher: St Augustine Pr Inc
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Table of Contents

Acronym Abbreviations ix
Prologue: The Republican Convention and the Reality Tour 1(6)
The Blanshard Boys Come to Philadelphia 7(22)
The Richard Allen Homes 29(4)
Dennis Clark in Kensington 33(16)
John J. McCloy in North Philadelphia 49(11)
Anna McGarry in North Philadelphia 60(5)
Mayor Lamberton and the War 65(7)
Mayor Lamberton and the Housing Authority 72(5)
Walter M. Phillips and the WASP Elite in Philadelphia 77(11)
The Planning Conference 88(9)
The WASPS Go to War 97(4)
Louis Wirth and the Ethnies 101(9)
Louis Wirth Meets Gunnar Myrdal 110(10)
Environmentalism and the Ethnic Neighborhood 120(11)
The War Comes to Detroit 131(5)
The Mysterious George Edwards 136(8)
The Sojourner Truth Housing Project Riots 144(6)
Wirth on the Detroit Riot 150(10)
The Airport Homes Riots 160(13)
Oscar's Brainstorm 173(13)
Levittown Opens Its Doors 186(9)
Robert Moses and the Creation of the Car Culture 195(10)
Louis Wirth and the Chicago HousingAuthority 205(14)
Joe Clark and the Reform in Philadelphia 219(14)
The Cicero Conspiracy 233(11)
Klutznick and the Quakers 244(18)
The Death of Louis Wirth 262(14)
Dennis Clark at the Housing Authority 276(16)
Coleman Young Testifaes before HUAC 292(7)
Dennis Clark and the Commission on Human Relations 299(13)
Detroit's Master Plan 312(12)
Paul Ylvisaker and the GrayAreas 324(14)
The Interstate Highway System 338(6)
Margaret Collins Creates Friends Suburban Housing 344(12)
Msgr: Egan Tangles with Robert Moses 356(7)
John Egan and the Catholic Counterattack 363(9)
The Bishops Issue a Statement on Race 372(5)
Dennis Clark Becomes Head of the Catholic Interracial Council 377(12)
Jerry Cavanagh Appoints George Edwards Police Chief 389(12)
Martin Luther King Comes to Detroit 401(12)
Dennis Clark and the Ford Foundation 413(6)
Paul Ylvisaker Discovers Leon Sullivan 419(11)
Folcroft and Leon Sullivan's Real Estate Campaign 430(18)
The Riot and the Birth Control Clinics 448(8)
Sargent Shriven and Government-Funded Birth Control 456(3)
Martin Mullen and the Birth Control Regs 459(6)
The Quakers Move on West Philadelphia 465(5)
Martin Luther King and the Blackstone Rangers 470(16)
The Ethnic Cleansing of Most Blessed Sacrament Parish 486(14)
Martin Luther King and the Ethnic Neighborhoods 500(15)
Ed Logue and the Ford Foundation 515(17)
Dennis Clark Becomes an Irishman 532(3)
Busing as the Alternative to Urban Renewal 535(6)
Msgr Sawher Becomes Pastor ofAssumption Grotto 541(8)
Robert Weaver and B-BURG 549(6)
The Dirty Armies and Gang Warfare in Most Blessed Sacrament Parish 555(6)
Judge Garnhy Orders Busing in Boston 561(11)
Martin Mullen's Abortion Bill 572(6)
Frank Rizzo and the Ethnic Revival 578(9)
Turmoil in the Clark Family 587(6)
The Ethnic Cleansing of Poletown 593(13)
Dennis Clark and the Wreckage of Kensington 606(13)
The Death of Poletown 619(11)
"Pregnant with Death" 630(12)
Bibliography 642(11)
Index 653

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