Reclaiming Gotham: The Battle for U.S. Cities
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On this episode of Making Contact, journalist Juan Gonz\\xe1lez discusses his new book, Reclaiming Gotham. He chronicles the evolution of the growth machine in America\\u2019s cities \\u2013 from redlining and racial covenants in the early 20th century, to land grabs and privatization in the 21st \\u2013 and the rise of progressive alliances to reclaim them.
Special thanks to Pegasus Books for organizing the event and allowing us to broadcast excerpts of Juan Gonz\\xe1lez\\u2019s discussion of Reclaiming Gotham. The event took place in Berkeley, CA in October 2017.
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