The twentieth-century American city / Jon C. Teaford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teaford, Jon C.

Series:

American moment

The American moment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--United States--History--20th century.

Cities and towns.

Urbanization--United States--History--20th century.

Urbanization.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 191 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

20th century American city.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.

Summary:

Jon Teaford traces the perception of urban problems and the search for solutions from the turn of the century through the present and examines the ways in which obstinate urban realities have stymied social planning. The second edition of The Twentieth-Century American City brings the story of urban America up to date through the early 1990s, with an analysis of recent attempts to revive aging central cities and a look at a new form of development known as technoburbs or edge cities.

Contents:

1. Problem, Promise, and Reality 1

2. The Century Begins, 1900-1919 7

The Downtown 8

The Neighborhoods 17

Righting the Urban Wrongs 30

3. Promises Thwarted: The Twenties 44

The Failure of Moral Reform 44

The Failure of Political Reform 48

The Imperfect Mosaic 56

Automobiles and the Promise of Suburbia 62

4. An Interlude in Urban Development, 1930-1945 74

The Depression 75

The Federal Response 82

The Wartime City 90

5. Suburbia Triumphant, 1945-1964 97

Suburban Boom 98

Central-City Bust 109

Reviving the Central City 118

6. An Age of "Urban Crisis," 1964-1979 127

Rebellion and Crime 128

Washington's Response to Urban Crisis 136

The Fiscal Crisis 141

The New Ethnic Politics 147

7. Toward a New Metropolis, 1980 and Beyond 151

Renaissance or Bust 152

The Post-suburban Metropolis 161

The Fragmentation of the Metropolis 168.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-184) and index.

ISBN:

0801845505

0801845513

OCLC:

26216611