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Downtown America : a history of the place and the people who made it /
Downtown America was once the vibrant urban center romanticized in the Petula Clark songa place where the lights were brighter, where people went to spend their money and forget their worries. But in the second half of the twentieth century, "downtown" became a shadow of its former self, s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Historical studies of urban America.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Downtown America was once the vibrant urban center romanticized in the Petula Clark songa place where the lights were brighter, where people went to spend their money and forget their worries. But in the second half of the twentieth century, "downtown" became a shadow of its former self, succumbing to economic competition and commercial decline. And the death of Main Streets across the country came to be seen as sadly inexorable, like the passing of an aged loved one. Downtown America cuts beneath the archetypal story of downtown's rise and fall and offers a dynamic new story of urba. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 441 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-419) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226385099 0226385094 9780226385075 0226385078 9780226385082 0226385086 |