Metropolitan Revolution The Rise of Post-Urban America

Name: Metropolitan Revolution The Rise of Post-Urban America
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ISBN: 9780231133739

ISBN-10: 0231133731

ISBN-13: 9780231133739

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jon Teaford

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In this absorbing history, Jon C. Teaford traces the dramatic evolution of American metropolitan life. At the end of World War II, the cities of the Northeast and the Midwest were bustling, racially and economically integrated areas frequented by suburban and urban dwellers alike. Yet since 1945, these cities have become peripheral to the lives of most Americans. "Edge cities" are now the dominant centers of production and consumption in post-suburban America. Characterized by sprawling freeways, corporate parks, and homogeneous malls and shopping centers, edge cities have transformed the urban landscape of the United States. Teaford surveys metropolitan areas from the Rust Belt to the…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 5/16/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction: The Metropolitan Revolution



1945



Reinforcing the Status Quo



Coming Apart



The Debacle



The New Metropolitan World



Beyond the Black-White City



After the Revolution


Notes


Index