{"product_id":"dividing-lines-how-transportation-infrastructure-reinforces-racial-inequality","title":"Dividing Lines : How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tDiv pve_title titleFlex_Name accFont title_1324092130\" id=\"title_1324092130\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.edelweiss.plus\/#sku=1324092130\" class=\"clickable accFont\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"textLarge\"\u003eDividing Lines\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"pve_subName\"\u003e: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan title=\"View in Presentation Mode\" class=\"overallStyles clickable icon-arrows-alt title-presentation-icon\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-view-1324092130\" class=\"product-view\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"textMedium\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Deborah N. Archer\" class=\"pve_contributor  title_Author accFont\"\u003eDeborah N. Archer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_sku\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e9781324130567\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pve_format\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_categories\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"categories expand\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSocial Science \/ Discrimination\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"toggle icon-drop-up-icon-01\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edelweiss.plus\/#\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistory \/ United States \/ 20Th Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLaw \/ Civil Rights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePolitical Science \/ Public Policy \/ City Planning \u0026amp; Urban Development\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur nation’s transportation system is crumbling: highways are collapsing, roads are pockmarked, and commuter trains are unreliable. But as acclaimed scholar and ACLU president Deborah Archer warns in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDividing Lines\u003c\/em\u003e, before we can think about rebuilding and repairing, we must consider the role race has played in transportation infrastructure, from the early twentieth century and into the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Archer demonstrates, the success of the Civil Rights movement and the fall of Jim Crow in the 1960s did not mean the end of segregation. The status quo would not be so easily dismantled. With state-sanctioned racism no longer legal, officials across the country—not just in the South—turned to transportation infrastructure to keep Americans divided. A wealthy white neighborhood could no longer be \"protected\" by racial covenants and segregated shops, but a multilane road, with no pedestrian crossings, could be built along its border to make it difficult for people from a lower-income community to visit. Highways could not be routed through Black neighborhoods based on the race of their residents, but those neighborhoods’ lower property values—a legacy of racial exclusion—could justify their destruction. A new suburb could not be for \"whites only,\" but planners could refuse to extend sidewalks from Black communities into white ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wealth of sources, including interviews with people who now live in the shadow of highways and other major infrastructure projects, Archer presents a sweeping, national account—from Atlanta and Houston to Indianapolis and New York City—of our persistent divisions. With immense authority, she examines the limits of current Civil Rights laws, which can be used against overtly racist officials but are less effective in addressing deeper, more enduring, structural challenges. But Archer remains hopeful, and in the final count describes what a just system would look like and how we can achieve it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bel Canto Book Retro Row","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52240088826131,"sku":"9781324130567","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/4561\/5635\/files\/dividinglines9781324130567_93c69.jpg?v=1790273282","url":"https:\/\/belcantobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/dividing-lines-how-transportation-infrastructure-reinforces-racial-inequality","provider":"Bel Canto Books Retro Row","version":"1.0","type":"link"}