Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. 2. “Higher Living through Environment”: The Reformers, the Slums, and the Emergence of Modern Urban Planning 31
8. 3. Planning the Town White: Comprehensive Planning, Scientific Racism, and the Destruction of Africville 75
9. 4. A Calibrated Rush for Progress: Urban Renewal, Anti-Blackness, and the Diverse Effects of a Totalizing Planning Project 117
10. 5. “A Place to Enjoy Oneself”: Anti-Renewal Activism, Citizen Involvement, and the Limits of Urban Amenity 165
11. 6. Planning by Other Means: The Black United Front and the Struggle for Self-Determination 204
12. 7. Making Space for Homo economicus: Neoliberalism, Regional Planning, and the Boundaries of Economic Life 244
13. 8. Conclusion 288
14. Notes 305
15. Index 375