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Confronting urban legacy : rediscovering Hartford and New England's forgotten cities /
In a field over-saturated with research on global cities and megacities, this is the first academic book to analyze specifically small cities and regions in New England. Focusing on the dynamic urban/global legacy of Hartford, Connecticut, the volume is bolstered by comparative chapters on Portland,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapter 1. Introduction: Once Prosperousand Now Challenged: Hartford's Transformation in Comparative and Global Perspectives; Chapter 2. Hartford: A Global History; Chapter 3. Podunk after Pratt: Place and Placelessness in East Hartford, Connecticut; Chapter 4. "If We Would ... Leave the City, This Would Be a Ghost Town": Urban Crisis and Latino Migration in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1945-2000; Chapter 5. Poverty, Inequality, Politics, and Social Activism in Hartford.
- Chapter 6. Investigating Spatial Inequality with the Cities, Suburbs, and Schools ProjectChapter 7. The Puerto Rican Effect on Hispanic Residential Segregation: A Study of the Hartford and Springfield Metro Areas in National Perspective; Chapter 8. A Metro Immigrant Gateway: Refugees in the Hartford Borderlands; Chapter 9. Re-imagining Portland, Maine: Urban Renaissance and a Refugee Community; Chapter 10. Shifting Fortunes: Hartford's Global and Regional Economic Dimensions; Chapter 11. A Tragic Dialectic: Politics and the Transformation of Hartford.
- Chapter 12. Metropolitan Hartford: Regional Challenges and ResponsesChapter 13. A Sobering Era with New Possibilities; Chapter 14. Conclusion: Inheritance, Inertia, and Inspirations: The Potential Remaking of Hartford; Index; About the Editors and Contributors.