Urban America : growth, crisis, and rebirth /

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This book will change the way Americans think about their cities. It provides a comprehensive economic and social history of urban America since 1950, tracing cycles of urban growth, urban crisis, and positive urban rebirth.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McDonald, John F., 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2008.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > United States > History.
Urban renewal > United States > History.
Sociology, Urban > United States > History.
Villes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Rénovation urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sociologie urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Cities and towns
Race relations
Sociology, Urban
Urban renewal
Stadtsanierung
Stadt
United States > Race relations > History.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire.
United States
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Urban areas of the Northeast
  • Urban areas of the Sunbelt, before air conditioning
  • An American dilemma in 1950
  • The industrial Northeast and the great migration
  • The new Sunbelt takes off
  • Suburbanization : 1950-1970
  • Signs of trouble ahead
  • August 1965
  • The great society and the urban riots
  • Urban employment trends in the Northeast
  • Urban growth in the Sunbelt : 1970-1990
  • New urban scholarship
  • The vicious circle in urban America
  • Rebirth in America's cities
  • Urban rebirth in the Northeast : 1990-2000
  • Urban growth and rebirth in the Sunbelt
  • Trends after 2000 : what is next for urban America?

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