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Title: Fortress America: Gated Communities in the United States by Mary Gail Snyder, Edward J. Blakely ISBN: 0-8157-1003-8 Publisher: The Brookings Institution Pub. Date: 15 June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.39 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Nothing to recommend it.
Comment: I've studied the "Gated Community" debates for years, professionally, and this book hasn't a single original idea in it--the research is rehash, the conclusions tepid, and the writing itself is sallow at best, and sophmoric otherwise. One suspects this project was designed for Ivory Tower purposes, as the authors give no indication of ever having been involved in Urban Planning in any way--a necessary prerequisite for a monograph such as this, I'm afraid.
... MY suggestion to the potential reader is to simply relfect on the obvious issues at stake in any discussion of Gated Communities, and *think*--for the present volume is sorely lacking in intellectual rigor as well.
Rating: 5
Summary: Response to Irving Texas--the authors
Comment: This is a response to Irving, Texas. The book contains plenty of crime statistic, in fact the best ones available. Perhaps the reviewr is talking about a diferent book.
The Authors
Rating: 3
Summary: A for effort, but fails a critical test
Comment: The authors of "Fortress America" had the resources and effort to put together a very good book on the subject of gated communities. Unfortunately they also had such a strong desire to prove their point that they fail to include the most relevant information... crime statistics.
One wonders what else wasn't mentioned.
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Title: Behind the Gates: Life, Security and the Pursuit of Happiness in Fortress America by Setha Low ISBN: 0415944384 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Privatopia: Homeowner Associations and the Rise of Residential Private Government by Evan McKenzie ISBN: 0300066384 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Homeowner Associations: A Nightmare or a Dream Come True? by Joni Greenwalt, Harriett Graves, Shannon Keegan, Ryan Shacklett ISBN: 096591660X Publisher: Cassie Publications, Inc. Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class by Mary Pattillo-McCoy ISBN: 0226649296 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Bad Boys : Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity by Ann Arnett Ferguson ISBN: 0472088491 Publisher: UMP Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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