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Building the ivory tower : universities and metropolitan development in the twentieth century / LaDale C. Winling.
LIBRA LC238 .W56 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winling, LaDale C., author.
- Series:
- Politics and culture in modern America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community and college--United States--History--20th century--Case studies.
- Community and college.
- University towns--Economic aspects--20th century--Case studies.
- University towns.
- Cities and towns--United States--Growth--History--20th century--Case studies.
- Cities and towns.
- Cities and towns--United States--Effects of technological innovations on--History--20th century--Case studies.
- Land use--United States--History--20th century--Case studies.
- Land use.
- History.
- Growth.
- University towns--Economic aspects.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 251 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Introduction. The landscape of knowledge
- chapter 1. The gravity of capital
- chapter 2. The city limits
- chapter 3. Origins of the university crisis
- chapter 4. Radical politics and conservative landscapes
- chapter 5. The working class versus the creative class
- Epilogue. The new contested city
- List of abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812249682
- 0812249682
- OCLC:
- 980858517
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