Downtown America A History of the Place and the People Who Made It

Name: Downtown America A History of the Place and the People Who Made It
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ISBN: 9780226385082

ISBN-10: 0226385086

ISBN-13: 9780226385082

Edition: 2005

Authors: Alison Isenberg

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Downtown America was once the vibrant urban center romanticized in the Petula Clark song--a place where the lights were brighter, where people went to spend their money and forget their worries. But in the second half of the twentieth century, "downtown" became a shadow of its former self, succumbing to economic competition and commercial decline. And the death of Main Streets across the country came to be seen as sadly inexorable, like the passing of an aged loved one. "Downtown America" cuts beneath the archetypal story of downtown's rise and fall and offers a dynamic new story of urban development in the United States. Moving beyond conventional narratives, Alison Isenberg shows that…

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List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/10/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.89" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



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Acknowledgments


Introduction Beyond Decline: Assessing the Values of Urban Commercial Life in the Twentieth Century



City Beautiful or Beautiful Mess? The Gendered Origins of a Civic Ideal



Fixing an Image of Commercial Dignity: Postcards and the Business of Planning Main Street



""Mrs. Consumer,"" ""Mrs. Brown America,"" and ""Mr. Chain Store Man"": Economic Woman and the Laws of Retail



Main Street's Interior Frontier: Innovation amid Depression and War



""The Demolition of Our O