-[A] valuable account of key aspects of US urban development from
the historical point of view of a self-described -radical houser-
and -engaged insider,- one who has placed predominant emphasis on
the fundamental forces of race and class, and who has maintained
faith in strategies of advocacy planning and of networking with
influential individuals... [T]he book speaks to the credibility,
necessity and viability of radical urban planning.- --Ian Skelton,
Canadian Journal of Urban Research -This exciting book tells the
life story of an academic city planner and political activist who
struck a balance in his career between the eminence of a Harvard
professor and innovator in urban studies, and the notoriety of a
radical political gadfly buzzing conservative, academic and
government officialdom. Its author chronicles the resistance of
several communities in Boston and San Francisco to the destruction
of working-class neighborhoods to clear land for -higher uses- in
Urban Renewal projects. In the process he shows that scholarship in
the halls of academia and activism in the political struggles
outside them can mix; indeed, that scholarship and social activity
are mutually enriching... Between Eminence and Notoriety, by an
eminent radical organizer, teacher and writer, is an excellent
reference work for students of the history of the stormy 1960s and
1970s and for progressive social activists in the movements for
peace and civil rights, and in community organizing and urban
affairs, who are aware of the broader social and political
dimensions of their special activity fields. It is also a trumpet
call to progressive teachers and thinkers to get out and relish the
mind-and-soul stirring life outside their ivory walls.- --Morris
Zeitlin, Science & Society -[Hartman] takes us through his journey
as planner, professor, social analyst, good cause organizer,
advocate for the poor, elderly and minorities, and to his present
work, the Poverty & Race Research Action Council. He enjoys poking
at arrogance and hypocrisy, and does it well.- --Social Policy
-[V]aluable and provocative.- --Michael W. Homel, Planning
Perspectives
-Hartman's autobiographical essay is alone worth the price of the
book.- --P. Order, E. P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics,
Occidental College -A rare critical voice within the urban planning
profession.- --R. Gratz, The Nation -Offers a critical perspective
on important housing policy issues.- --K. Reardon, Shelterforce
"[A] valuable account of key aspects of US urban development from
the historical point of view of a self-described "radical houser"
and "engaged insider," one who has placed predominant emphasis on
the fundamental forces of race and class, and who has maintained
faith in strategies of advocacy planning and of networking with
influential individuals... [T]he book speaks to the credibility,
necessity and viability of radical urban planning." --Ian Skelton,
Canadian Journal of Urban Research "This exciting book tells the
life story of an academic city planner and political activist who
struck a balance in his career between the eminence of a Harvard
professor and innovator in urban studies, and the notoriety of a
radical political gadfly buzzing conservative, academic and
government officialdom. Its author chronicles the resistance of
several communities in Boston and San Francisco to the destruction
of working-class neighborhoods to clear land for "higher uses" in
Urban Renewal projects. In the process he shows that scholarship in
the halls of academia and activism in the political struggles
outside them can mix; indeed, that scholarship and social activity
are mutually enriching... Between Eminence and Notoriety, by an
eminent radical organizer, teacher and writer, is an excellent
reference work for students of the history of the stormy 1960s and
1970s and for progressive social activists in the movements for
peace and civil rights, and in community organizing and urban
affairs, who are aware of the broader social and political
dimensions of their special activity fields. It is also a trumpet
call to progressive teachers and thinkers to get out and relish the
mind-and-soul stirring life outside their ivory walls." --Morris
Zeitlin, Science & Society "[Hartman] takes us through his journey
as planner, professor, social analyst, good cause organizer,
advocate for the poor, elderly and minorities, and to his present
work, the Poverty & Race Research Action Council. He enjoys poking
at arrogance and hypocrisy, and does it well." --Social Policy
"[V]aluable and provocative." --Michael W. Homel, Planning
Perspectives
"Hartman's autobiographical essay is alone worth the price of the
book." --P. Order, E. P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics,
Occidental College "A rare critical voice within the urban planning
profession." --R. Gratz, The Nation "Offers a critical perspective
on important housing policy issues." --K. Reardon, Shelterforce
"[A] valuable account of key aspects of US urban development from
the historical point of view of a self-described "radical houser"
and "engaged insider," one who has placed predominant emphasis on
the fundamental forces of race and class, and who has maintained
faith in strategies of advocacy planning and of networking with
influential individuals... [T]he book speaks to the credibility,
necessity and viability of radical urban planning." --Ian Skelton,
Canadian Journal of Urban Research "This exciting book tells the
life story of an academic city planner and political activist who
struck a balance in his career between the eminence of a Harvard
professor and innovator in urban studies, and the notoriety of a
radical political gadfly buzzing conservative, academic and
government officialdom. Its author chronicles the resistance of
several communities in Boston and San Francisco to the destruction
of working-class neighborhoods to clear land for "higher uses" in
Urban Renewal projects. In the process he shows that scholarship in
the halls of academia and activism in the political struggles
outside them can mix; indeed, that scholarship and social activity
are mutually enriching... Between Eminence and Notoriety, by an
eminent radical organizer, teacher and writer, is an excellent
reference work for students of the history of the stormy 1960s and
1970s and for progressive social activists in the movements for
peace and civil rights, and in community organizing and urban
affairs, who are aware of the broader social and political
dimensions of their special activity fields. It is also a trumpet
call to progressive teachers and thinkers to get out and relish the
mind-and-soul stirring life outside their ivory walls." --Morris
Zeitlin, Science & Society "[Hartman] takes us through his journey
as planner, professor, social analyst, good cause organizer,
advocate for the poor, elderly and minorities, and to his present
work, the Poverty & Race Research Action Council. He enjoys poking
at arrogance and hypocrisy, and does it well." --Social Policy
"[V]aluable and provocative." --Michael W. Homel, Planning
Perspectives
"Hartman's autobiographical essay is alone worth the price of the
book." --P. Order, E. P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics,
Occidental College "A rare critical voice within the urban planning
profession." --R. Gratz, The Nation "Offers a critical perspective
on important housing policy issues." --K. Reardon, Shelterforce
"[A] valuable account of key aspects of US urban development from
the historical point of view of a self-described "radical houser"
and "engaged insider," one who has placed predominant emphasis on
the fundamental forces of race and class, and who has maintained
faith in strategies of advocacy planning and of networking with
influential individuals... [T]he book speaks to the credibility,
necessity and viability of radical urban planning."--Ian Skelton,
Canadian Journal of Urban Research"This exciting book tells the
life story of an academic city planner and political activist who
struck a balance in his career between the eminence of a Harvard
professor and innovator in urban studies, and the notoriety of a
radical political gadfly buzzing conservative, academic and
government officialdom. Its author chronicles the resistance of
several communities in Boston and San Francisco to the destruction
of working-class neighborhoods to clear land for "higher uses" in
Urban Renewal projects. In the process he shows that scholarship in
the halls of academia and activism in the political struggles
outside them can mix; indeed, that scholarship and social activity
are mutually enriching... Between Eminence and Notoriety, by an
eminent radical organizer, teacher and writer, is an excellent
reference work for students of the history of the stormy 1960s and
1970s and for progressive social activists in the movements for
peace and civil rights, and in community organizing and urban
affairs, who are aware of the broader social and political
dimensions of their special activity fields. It is also a trumpet
call to progressive teachers and thinkers to get out and relish the
mind-and-soul stirring life outside their ivory walls."--Morris
Zeitlin, Science & Society"[Hartman] takes us through his journey
as planner, professor, social analyst, good cause organizer,
advocate for the poor, elderly and minorities, and to his present
work, the Poverty & Race Research Action Co
"Hartman's autobiographical essay is alone worth the price of the
book."--P. Order, E. P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics,
Occidental College"A rare critical voice within the urban planning
profession."--R. Gratz, The Nation"Offers a critical perspective on
important housing policy issues."--K. Reardon, Shelterforce
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