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	Robert B. Fairbanks <fairbank@uta.edu> University of Texas at Arlington I am currently writing a book on the history of urban redevelopment and public housing in the Southwest. It specifically focuses on Phoenix, Albuquerque, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas. I am doing research on suburban planning in the Southwest after World War II

Address:	Department of History Box 19529 University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas 76019 United States

Primary Phone:	817-272-2862

Secondary Phone:	817-460-0408

Fax Number:	817-272-2851

Web Page:	http://www.uta.edu/history/transatlantic/fairbanks.htm

List Affiliations:	Advisory Board Member for H-Urban

Interests:	Urban History / Studies

Bio: I received my Ph.D. in 1981 at the University of Cincinnati under the direction of Zane L. Miller . Since then I have published two books, Making Better Citizens: Housing Reform and the Community Development Strategy in Cincinnati, 1890-1960 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988), and For the City as a Whole: Politics, Planning and the Public Interest in Dallas, 1900-1965 (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1998). I have also co-editied two books the latest with Patricia Melvin-Mooney entitled Making Sense of the City: Local Government, Civic Culture, and Community Life(Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2001) . In addition to these, I co-edited Essays on Sunbelt Cities and Recent Urban America, (College Station, TX: Texas A & M Press, 1990). Recent articles include “The Texas Exception: San Antonio and Urban Renewal, 1949-1965,” Journal of Planning History 1 (May 2002 ): 181-196; “Public Housing for the City as a Whole: The Texas Experience, 1934-1955,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 104 (April 2000): 403-424; “Rethinking Urban Problems: Planning, Zoning and City Government in Dallas, 1900-1930,” Journal of Urban History 25 (September 1999 ): 809-837; and "The Failure of Urban Renewal in the Southwest: From City Needs to Individual Rights," Western Historical Quarterly (Autumn 2006): 303-325. I teach urban history at the undergraduate and graduate levels and am currently Editor for the Americas for Planning Perspectives. Finally, I am a consultant and storyline writer for the Old Red Museum of Dallas County History and Culture.