The bonds of inequality : debt and the making of the American city /

Indebtedness, like inequality, has become a ubiquitous condition in the United States. Yet few have probed American cities' dependence on municipal debt or how the terms of municipal finance structure racial privileges, entrench spatial neglect, elide democratic input and distribute wealth and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jenkins, Destin (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2021].
Subjects:	Municipal bonds > California > San Francisco > History > 20th century. Finance, Public > California > San Francisco > History > 20th century. Debts, Public > California > San Francisco > History > 20th century. Municipal government > California > San Francisco > Finance > History > 20th century. Equality > Economic aspects > California > San Francisco. Racism > Economic aspects > California > San Francisco. San Francisco (Calif.) > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Rule of experts. Management ; Fraternity ; Playground
The paradox of debt. Shelter ; Crunch ; Revolt ; Failure
Supremacy. Eclipse ; Pinched
Epilogue.