City on the edge : hard choices in the American rust belt /

"Why do people stay in a failing city? City on the Edge deals with that very question through the lives of five people in Syracuse, New York, the quintessential rust-belt metropolis which sorely needs the brainpower, sweat, and leadership of citizens if it is to thrive again. Once a booming ind...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Streissguth, Michael, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : Excelsior editions, an imprint of State University of New York Press, [2020]
Colección:Excelsior editions.
Temas:
Deindustrialization > New York > Syracuse.
Deindustrialization > Lake States > Case studies.
Désindustrialisation > États des Grands Lacs (États-Unis) > Études de cas.
Deindustrialization
Economic history
Social conditions
Syracuse (N.Y.) > History.
Syracuse (N.Y.) > Biography.
Syracuse (N.Y.) > Social conditions.
Syracuse (N.Y.) > Economic conditions.
Lake States
New York (State) > Syracuse
Biographies
Case studies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : City of Moments
  • 1 A Tragic Father's Day
  • Reimagining a City
  • Coming to Syracuse
  • Refuge in the City
  • No Place More Vital
  • Barriers Everywhere
  • Welcome to America
  • Proceed to Go
  • Temptation
  • Crashing
  • A Glittering Night
  • The Trial
  • Burning Down
  • Redemption
  • At Home
  • Epilogue : Still on the Edge.

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