{"title":"Emily Lieb","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our curated collection of works by Emily Lieb, a celebrated author known for her profound contributions to the History \u0026amp; Military genres. With a keen eye for detail and an engaging narrative style, Emily Lieb expertly brings historical events and military explorations to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong her notable works, \u003cem\u003eRoad to Nowhere\u003c\/em\u003e stands out as a testament to her ability to weave intricate storytelling with factual accuracy, capturing the complexities and nuances of the historical landscapes she portrays. Readers are invited to traverse through time, gaining deeper insights into the past and understanding the often nuanced realities of military history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a history enthusiast or new to the genre, Emily Lieb's books offer an enlightening and immersive experience that is both educational and captivating. Dive into her remarkable narratives and discover the rich tapestry of historical events through her meticulously researched and beautifully written stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"road-to-nowhere-by-emily-lieb-9780226844381","title":"Road to Nowhere","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTraces the birth, plunder, and scavenging of Rosemont, a Black middle-class neighbourhood in Baltimore.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1950s, Baltimore's Rosemont neighbourhood was alive and vibrant with smart rowhouses, a sprawling park, corner grocery stores, and doctor's offices. By 1957, a proposed expressway threatened to gut this Black, middle-class community from stem to stern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat highway was never built—but it didn't matter: even the \u003cem\u003efailure\u003c\/em\u003e to build it destroyed Rosemont economically, if not physically. In telling the history of the neighbourhood and the notional East-West Expressway, Emily Lieb shows the interwoven tragedies caused by racism in education, housing, and transportation policy. Black families had been attracted to the neighbourhood when Baltimore's Board of School Commissioners converted several white schools into \"coloured\" ones, but this also laid the groundwork for predatory real-estate agents who bought low from white sellers and sold high to determined Black buyers. Despite financial discrimination, Black homeowners built a thriving community before the City Council formally voted to condemn some nine hundred homes in Rosemont for the expressway, leading to deflated home values and even more predatory real estate deals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on land records, oral history, media coverage, and policy documents, Lieb demystifies blockbusting, redlining, and prejudicial lending, highlighting the national patterns at work in a single neighbourhood. The result is an absorbing story about the deliberate decisions that produced racial inequalities in housing, jobs, health, and wealth—as well as a testament to the ingenuity of the residents who fought to stay in their homes, down to today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871470145772,"sku":"9780226844381","price":106.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20672093482268.jpg?v=1759881716"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/emily-lieb.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}