Uprooted : Race, Public Housing, and the Archaeology of Four Lost New Orleans Neighborhoods

Name: Uprooted : Race, Public Housing, and the Archaeology of Four Lost New Orleans Neighborhoods
Brand: The University of Alabama Press

The University of Alabama Press

UprootedRace, Public Housing, and the Archaeology of Four Lost New Orleans Neighborhoods\nAuthor(s): D. Ryan Gray\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817320478, 978-0817320478\nSynopsis\nThe archaeology of four New Orleans neighborhoods that were replaced by public housing projects \n\nUprooted: Race, Public Housing, and the Archaeology of Four Lost New Orleans Neighborhoods uses archaeological research on four neighborhoods that were razed during the construction of public housing in World War II-era New Orleans. Although each of these neighborhoods was identified as a 'slum' historically, the material record challenges the simplicity of this designation. D. Ryan Gray provides evidence of the inventiveness of former residents who were marginalized by class, color, or gender and whose everyday strategies of survival, subsistence, and spirituality challenged the city's developing racial an.