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Voices of decline : the postwar fate of U.S. cities / Robert A. Beauregard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beauregard, Robert A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--United States.
- Cities and towns.
- Urban policy--United States.
- Urban policy.
- United States.
- Metropolitan areas--United States.
- Metropolitan areas.
- Inner cities--United States.
- Inner cities.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- Social conditions.
- Local Subjects:
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Summary:
- Voices of Decline chronicles the history of the discourse on "urban crisis" in twentieth-century America. The first edition of the book was published in 1993, and was hailed as a breakthrough for its crucial insights about the power that representations have had in shaping both our understanding of American cities and our policy responses. Addressing blind spots in the discourse regarding race, gender, and poverty, it assessed the impact of such absences on public policy and the urban public sphere, and uncovered deeper fears of national decline and the decay of civilization. For this second edition, Robert Beauregard has thoroughly rewritten and updated his argument to include an account of the urban "renaissance" of the 1990s. It is an essential volume for anyone interested in the history of the modern American city.
- Contents:
- Framing the Discourse
- 1 Foundational Urban Debates 2
- Prelude to Postwar Decline
- 2 The Cities Wholesome and Good 27
- 3 Not Those of Decadence 45
- Escalating Downward
- 4 The Unhappy Process of Changing 77
- 5 On the Verge of Catastrophe 103
- From One Crisis to the Next
- 6 Every Problem a Racial Dimension 127
- 7 Crisis of Our Cities 150
- A Double Reversal of Fortune
- 8 Rising from the Ashes 181
- 9 Not Excessively Inconvenienced 210.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-298) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415932378
- 0415932386
- OCLC:
- 49699334
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