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UNINA9910453584403321 |
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Autore |
Beauregard Robert A. |
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Titolo |
Voices of decline : the postwar fate of U.S. cities / / Robert A. Beauregard |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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0-415-93238-6 |
0-203-95190-5 |
1-135-32408-5 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cities and towns - United States |
Urban policy - United States |
Metropolitan areas - United States |
Inner cities - United States |
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United States Social conditions 1945- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; FRAMING THE DISCOURSE; 1 Foundational Urban Debates; PRELUDE TO POSTWAR DECLINE; 2 The Cities Wholesome and Good; 3 Not Those of Decadence; ESCALATING DOWNWARD; 4 The Unhappy Process of Changing; 5 On the Verge of Catastrophe; FROM ONE CRISIS TO THE NEXT; 6 Every Problem a Racial Dimension; 7 Crisis of Our Cities; A DOUBLE REVERSAL OF FORTUNE; 8 Rising from the Ashes; 9 Not Excessively Inconvenienced; READING THE DISCOURSE; 10 Epilogue; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<![CDATA[[FOR HISTORY CATALOGS]Drawing on the pronouncements of public commentators, this book portrays the 20th century history of U.S. cities, focusing specifically on how commentators crafted a discourse of urban decline and prosperity peculiar to the post-World War II era. The efforts of these commentators spoke to the foundational ambivalence Americans have toward their cities and, in turn, shaped the choices Americans made as they created and |
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