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Urban America : growth, crisis, and rebirth / John F. McDonald.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDonald, John F., 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--United States--History.
- Cities and towns.
- Urban renewal--United States--History.
- Urban renewal.
- Sociology, Urban--United States--History.
- Sociology, Urban.
- United States--Race relations--History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (408 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book will change the way Americans think about their cities. It provides a comprehensive economic and social history of urban America since 1950, tracing cycles of urban growth, urban crisis, and positive urban rebirth.
- Contents:
- Urban areas of the Northeast
- Urban areas of the Sunbelt, before air conditioning
- An American dilemma in 1950
- The industrial Northeast and the great migration
- The new Sunbelt takes off
- Suburbanization : 1950-1970
- Signs of trouble ahead
- August 1965
- The great society and the urban riots
- Urban employment trends in the Northeast
- Urban growth in the Sunbelt : 1970-1990
- New urban scholarship
- The vicious circle in urban America
- Rebirth in America's cities
- Urban rebirth in the Northeast : 1990-2000
- Urban growth and rebirth in the Sunbelt
- Trends after 2000 : what is next for urban America?.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-327) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-317-45287-9
- 0-7656-1807-9
- 1-315-69844-7
- 1-282-11949-4
- 9786612119491
- 0-7656-2441-9
- 9781315698441
- OCLC:
- 427511130
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