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Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It (Reprint Edition) by Mindy Thompson Fullilove, M.D. Uullilove Mindy Thompson Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-345-45423-5 / 0345454235 ISBN-13: 978-0-345-45423-2 / 9780345454232 They called it progress. But for the people whose homes and districts were bulldozed, the urban renewal projects that swept America starting in 1949 were nothing short of assault. Vibrant city blocks—places rich in history—were reduced to garbage-strewn vacant lots. When a neighborhood is destroyed |