Urban America in the Modern Age 1920 to the Present

Name: Urban America in the Modern Age 1920 to the Present
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ISBN: 9780882952475

ISBN-10: 0882952471

ISBN-13: 9780882952475

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: Carl Abbott

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Exploring the issues of urban growth in the past two decades, this second edition covers a chapter that shows the source of growth.

Book details

List price: $25.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/18/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.40" wide x 7.90" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Introduction: The Metropolitan Era



The First Modern Cities


Core and Periphery


The Climax of Immigration


The Transition of Reform


Making the African American Ghettos


Model T Suburbs


Urban Survival in the Great Depression


City Problems and Possibilities



Building and Rebuilding


Cities at War


The Landscape of Prosperity


Neighborhood Change and the Northward Movement


The Politics of Growth


Federal Housing and Federal Highways


Metropolitan Governments


Evaluating the Great Cities



A New Urban America


Discovering the Sunbelt


New Americans


The Exploded Metropolis


The Urban Crisis


The Decline of Policy


The Vitality of the Everyday City



Prosperity and Poverty


The Age of Real Estate


Entrepreneurial Cities


International Cities


Back in the ‘Hood: Poverty and Place


Planning Compact Cities


POSTSCRIPT: The Promise of Urban Life


Bibliographical Essay


Index


Maps, Tables Diagrams



Urbanization of the United States in the Twentieth Century



Metropolitan Population 1920—2000



Suburban Population 1920—2000


MAP: Metropolitan Districts in 1930



Origins of European-Born Population of Twenty-five Large Cities, 1920


MAP: San Francisco: Origin of Out-of-Town War Workers


MAP: Racial Violence in Chicago, 1756—57


MAP: Revitalizing Neighborhoods in Major Cities



Greatest Populations Giants & Losses, 1990—2000: Metropolitan Statistical Areas


Diagram: Old and New Neighborhood Patterns


Diagram : The Central City as Disneyland



Global Network Connectedness of U.S. Cities


MAP: Ten Megalopolitan Areas and Their Interstate Highways



Populations of Twelve Largest Metropolitan Areas, 1920 and 2000