Root Shock
How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It
Written by Mindy Fullilove
One World/Ballantine, 2005 | $14.95 | 978-0-345-45423-2 (0-345-45423-5)

(from Random House:)"....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 its inhabitants suffer “root shock”: a traumatic stress reaction related to the destruction of one’s emotional ecosystem. The ripple effects of root shock have an impact on entire communities that can last for decades. ...