Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9780520377127
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0520377125
Serie:
UC Press voices revived
Inhalt:
America's cities: celebrated by poets, courted by politicians, castigated by social reformers. In their numbers and complexity they challenge comprehension. Why is urban America the way it is? Eric Monkkonen offers a fresh approach to the myths and the history of US urban development, giving us an unexpected and welcome sense of our urban origins. His historically anchored vision of our cities places topics of finance, housing, social mobility, transportation
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Writing About Cities -- 2. The Premodern Heritage -- 3. Growth Begins -- 4. The Emerging Service City: Fighting Fire and Crime -- 5. From Closed Corporation to Electoral Democracy -- 6. Paying for the Service City -- 7. Transportation: From Animal to Automobile -- 8. Home Ownership and Mobility -- 9. The Active City, 1870-1980 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 0520301544
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520301542
Sprache:
Englisch
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