Bringing the civic back in : Zane L. Miller and American urban history / edited by Larry Bennett, John D. Fairfield, and Patricia Mooney-Melvin ; with a foreword by David Stradling.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bennett, Larry, 1950- editor.

Fairfield, John D., 1955- editor.

Mooney-Melvin, Patricia, editor.

Stradling, David, writer of foreword.

Series:

Urban life, landscape, and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miller, Zane L.

Cities and towns--United States--History.

Cities and towns.

Urbanization--United States--History.

Urbanization.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 204 pages ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

Zane L. Miller and American urban history

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Commemorates the legacy of the late urban historian Zane L. Miller"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I On Civic Nationalism

Introduction to Part I

1. From Istanbul to Philadelphia: Ideas and the Urban Origins of the United States / Zane L. Miller

2. The Resiliency of Cities and the Uncertain Future of American Civic Nationalism / Zane L. Miller

3. Cities, American Civic Nationalism, and Fundamentalism / Zane L. Miller

pt. II Urban Life as Urban History

4. "The Metropolitan Mode of Thought": Zane L. Miller and the History of Ideas / John D. Fairfield

5. Creating Cities in the Post-World War II Southwest: The Arlington, Texas and Mesa, Arizona Experiences / Robert B. Fairbanks

6. Claiming Space: Petrified Ethnics, Identity, and Civic Space / Patricia Mooney-Melvin

pt. III Reflections on Zane Miller

7. "I See My Job as Helping You": Zane L. Miller the Scholar, Mentor, and Friend / Charles Lester

8. Working with Zane Miller / Larry Bennett.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Miller, Zane L. Works. Selections

Other Format:

Online version: Bringing the civic back in

ISBN:

9781439922422

143992242X

9781439922439

1439922438

OCLC:

1319345935