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The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of an American City by Harvey J. Graff
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- Original Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780816652693
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10
0816652694
ISBN-13
9780816652693
eBay Product ID (ePID)
64335955
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dallas Myth : the Making and Unmaking of an American City
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Economic Conditions, Sociology / Urban
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-003684
Reviews
"Harvey Graff begins by telling us that living in Dallas challenged all that he knew about cities. This richly-researched and beautifully-written book does the same for the rest of us. Its provocative historical analysis of space, growth, economics, politics, culture, and memory offers an uncommonly lucid account of inequality, segregation, and their denial." --Ira Katznelson, author of When Affirmative Action Was White
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
976.4/281206
Table Of Content
Contents Preface: Finding Myself in Dallas Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. SEARCHING FOR DALLAS 1. Locating the City: Three Icons and Images of "Big D" 2. Constructing a City with No Limits 3. Revising Dallas's Histories PART II. UNDERSTANDING DALLAS 4. The Dallas Way 5. Tales of Two Cities, North and South, in White, Black, and Brown 6. Mimetic and Monumental Development: Memories Lost and Images Found 7. A City at the Crossroads: Dallas at the Tipping Point Appendix A. Dallas's Historical Development Appendix B. Chronology of Dallas History Notes Index
Synopsis
The ninth largest city in the United States, Dallas is exceptional among American cities for the claims of its elites and boosters that it is a "city with no limits" and a "city with no history." Home to the Dallas Cowboys, self-styled as "America's Team," setting for the television series that glamorized its values of self-invention and success, and site of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Dallas looms disproportionately large in the American imagination. Yet it lacks an identity of its own. In The Dallas Myth, Harvey J. Graff presents a novel interpretation of a city that has proudly declared its freedom from the past. He scrutinizes the city's origin myth and its governance ideology, known as the "Dallas Way," looking at how these elements have shaped Dallas and served to limit democratic participation and exacerbate inequality. Advancing beyond a traditional historical perspective, Graff proposes an original, integrative understanding of the city's urban fabric and offers an explicit critique of the reactionary political foundations of modern Dallas: its tolerance for right-wing political violence, the endemic racism and xenophobia, and a planning model that privileges growth and monumental architecture at the expense of the environment and social justice. Revealing the power of myths that have defined the city for so long, Graff presents a new interpretation of Dallas that both deepens our understanding of America's urban landscape and enables its residents to envision a more equitable, humane, and democratic future for all. Harvey J. Graff is Ohio Eminent Scholar in Literacy Studies and professor of English and history at Ohio State University. Among his books are The Literacy Myth and Conflicting Paths: Growing Up in America. "Harvey Graff begins by telling us that living in Dallas challenged all that he knew about cities. This richly-researched and beautifully-written book does the same for the rest of us. Its provocative historical analysis of space, growth, economics, politics, culture, and memory offers an uncommonly lucid account of inequality, segregation, and their denial." --Ira Katznelson, author of When Affirmative Action Was White "The Dallas Myth is an entertaining and meditative reflection on history and the imagination, written with the clear, grounded intelligence of a leading historian at the top of his game." --Michael Frisch, author of Portraits in Steel, The Dallas Myth challenges the popular assertion that Dallas is a 'city with no past'--a myth that contends that Dallas has no reason to be, has no limits, and sprang from nothing at all. Harvey J. Graff scrutinizes the city's origin myth and its governance ideology, known as the "Dallas Way," looking at how these elements have shaped Dallas and served to limit democratic participation and exacerbate inequality.
LC Classification Number
F394.D2157G73 2008
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