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ISBN	9780520377547
Book Title	Teardown : Memoir of a Vanishing City
Publisher	University of California Press
Item Length	9 in
Publication Year	2021
Format	Trade Paperback
Language	English
Item Height	0.9 in
Author	Gordon Young
Genre	Social Science
Topic	Sociology / General, Sociology / Urban
Item Weight	14.4 Oz
Item Width	6 in
Number of Pages	320 Pages

Teardown : Memoir of a Vanishing City, Paperback by Young, Gordon, ISBN 0520377540, ISBN-13 9780520377547, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US<div>After living in San Francisco for fifteen years, journalist Gordon Young found himself yearning for his Rust Belt hometown: Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors and the “star” of the Michael Moore documentary <i>Roger & Me.</i> Hoping to rediscover and help a place that had once boasted one of the world’s highest per capita income levels but had become one of the country's most impoverished and dangerous cities, he returned to Flint with the intention of buying a house. What he found was a place of stark contrasts and dramatic stories, where an exotic dancer could afford a lavish mansion, speculators scooped up cheap houses by the dozen on eBay, and arson was often the quickest route to neighborhood beautification.<br><br> Skillfully blending personal memoir, historical inquiry, and interviews with Flint residents, Young constructs a vibrant tale of a once-thriving city still fighting—despite overwhelming odds—to rise from the ashes. He befriends a ragtag collection of urban homesteaders and die-hard locals who refuse to give up as they try to transform Flint into a smaller, greener town that offers lessons for cities all over the world. Hard-hitting, insightful, and often painfully funny, <i>Teardown</i> reminds us that cities are ultimately defined by people, not politics or economics.</div>