I read this book as part of a great class I took called ‘The Ghetto: from Venice to Harlem’, and I really enjoyed it. It was maybe the beginning of my foray into urban planning literature. It’s an incredibly interesting and informative recollection of how America used the legal system to shape city and rural demographics. From redlining to white flight, it tells a compelling story that makes it hard to argue with the role that policy has had in the development of today’s still-segrega...
