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American Project is written by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674257332 (ISBN 10) and 9780674257337 (ISBN 13).
High-rise public housing was a signature of the post–World War II city. A hopeful experiment in providing temporary, inexpensive homes for all Americans, the “projects“ soon became synonymous with the black urban poor, isolation and overcrowding, drugs, gang violence, and neglect. Here, Venkatesh seeks to salvage public housing’s troubled legacy.