Public Technology and the Metropolitan Ghetto
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8389586 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lenneal J Henderson (Blackburn College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 9-18 |
| Publication date | 1974-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Black Scholar (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-4246 • E-ISSN: 2162-5387 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00064246.1974.11431388 |
| OpenAlex | W2275303986 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
AMERICAN METROPOLIS grapples with two related developments in this last third of the twentieth century: the metropolitanization of black communities and mounting pressures for more constructive application of technology to human problem-solving, particularly in urban areas. Both developments thrust complex and multi-dimensional policy issues in the faces of urban decision-makers. Both paint and shape the institutional dynamics and the physical appearance of many large Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs).1 Their relationships to each other are frequently perceived as inverse: technology, the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks,2 is believed to be the trigger and power of American capitalism and militarypolitical superiority; blacks are portrayed as retarding agents in the capitalist process and potential internal security risks to be contained militarily. Technology is characterized
Archaeology · Capitalism · Constructive · Economic geography · Geography · Metropolitan area · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Process (computing · Sociology · Architecture, Design, and Social History · Computer Science · Law · Psychology of Social Influence · Sociology and Cultural Identity Studies
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1977 - 2020 (44) |
| Highly cited | No |