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Americans against the city : anti-urbanism in the twentieth century /

It is a paradox of American life that we are a highly urbanized nation filled with people deeply ambivalent about urban life. An aversion to urban density and all that it contributes to urban life, and a perception that the city was the place where ""big government"" first took r...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Conn, Steven (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:It is a paradox of American life that we are a highly urbanized nation filled with people deeply ambivalent about urban life. An aversion to urban density and all that it contributes to urban life, and a perception that the city was the place where ""big government"" first took root in America fostered what historian Steven Conn terms the ""anti-urban impulse."" In response, anti-urbanists called for the decentralization of the city, and rejected the role of government in American life in favor of a return to the pioneer virtues of independence and self-sufficiency. In this provocative and swe.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (393 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199973675
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