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Sociologist Hyra (George Washington Univ.) provides a valuable addition to the existing urban studies literature pertaining to urban redevelopment and urban politics, by analyzing the redevelopment of Harlem in New York City and Bronzeville in Chicago since the early 1990s. Considerable redevelopment has occurred, but it has proceeded in much different ways in both of these well-known African American neighborhoods. The author convincingly shows how economic globalization, national political and economic factors, and local political forces all interact to produce varied outcomes in particular cities. Hyra also gives considerable attention to the ways the redevelopment in these communities has differentially impacted diverse economic classes within the African American population in Harlem and Bronzeville, and examines the disparate role of local African American community organizations in the redevelopment process in both communities. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries. M. E. Pfeifer Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
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