John Mcdonald

Urban America

Growth, Crisis, and Rebirth: Growth, Crisis, and Rebirth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Aims to change the way Americans think about their cities. This book provides an economic and social history of urban America, covering the 29 largest urban areas of that period. It draws on the concepts of the vicious circle and the virtuous circle to offer an explanation for the transition from urban crisis to urban rebirth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 533g
• ISBN-13: 9780765618078
• ISBN-10: 0765618079
• Artikelnr.: 23349093

Autorenporträt

John F. McDonald

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Urban America in 1950
Chapter 1 Urban Areas of the Northeast
Chapter 2 Urban Areas of the Sunbelt, Before Air Conditioning
Chapter 3 An American Dilemma in 1950
Part II Urban Growth and Prosperity: 1950-1970
Chapter 4 The Industrial Northeast and the Great Migration
Chapter 5 The New Sunbelt Takes Off
Chapter 6 Suburbanization: 1950-1970
Chapter 7 Signs of Trouble Ahead
Chapter 8 August 1965
Part 3 The Years of Urban Crisis
Chapter 9 The Great Society and the Urban Riots
Chapter 10 Urban Employment Trends in the Northeast
Chapter 11 Urban Growth in the Sunbelt: 1970-1990
Chapter 12 New Urban Scholarship
Chapter 13 The Vicious Circle in Urban America
Part 4 The Rebirth of Urban America After 1990
Chapter 14 Rebirth in America's Cities
Chapter 15 Urban Rebirth in the Northeast: 1990-2000
Chapter 16 Urban Growth and Rebirth in the Sunbelt
Chapter 17 Trends After 2000: What Is Next for Urban America?