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Song of the city : an intimate portrait of the American urban landscape / by Nathaniel R. Popkin.
LIBRA HT123 .P635 2002
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LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating HT123 .P635 2002
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Fine Arts Library HT123 .P635 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Popkin, Nathaniel R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City and town life--United States.
- City and town life.
- United States.
- City dwellers--United States.
- City dwellers.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Physical Description:
- ix, 210 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, [2002]
- Summary:
- During the last quarter of the 20th century, many American cities were in a state of decline. The automobile paved the way for suburban sprawl and white flight, leaving cities with crumbling infrastructures and high crime rates. A growing collective interest in saving cities, however, has begun to turn the tide. In this poetic love song to the American city, Nathaniel Popkin helps readers see the city as a dynamic being with an unmistakable life cycle. Using anecdotes about the neighborhoods and residents of one city, Philadelphia, the author examines the ways that people have inherited, adapted to, and altered the living city.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 156858203X
- OCLC:
- 48613685
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