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UNINA9910463937603321 |
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Autore |
Short John R. |
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Titolo |
Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950 / / John Rennie Short |
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Syracuse, New York : , : Syracuse University Press, , 2006 |
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©2006 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 293 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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City planning - United States - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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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The rise of metropolitan America -- Urban renewal: "we must start all over again from the ground up" -- Stimulating suburbs, starving cities: "i should prefer to see the ash heaps" -- Robert Moses versus Jane Jacobs: "hack your way with a meat ax" -- Downtown: "the heart that pumps the blood of commerce" -- Creating a suburban society: "a landscape of scary places" -- New suburban realities: "trouble in paradise" -- Metropolitan fragmentation: "obsolescent structure of urban government" -- Urban economies: "all that is solid melts into air" -- Race and ethnicity: "e pluribus unum" -- Housing and the city: "shaky palaces" -- Politics and the city: "informal arrangements,.formal workings" -- Reimagining the city: "place wars" -- Civic engagement in the city: "civic spirit" -- Emerging trends. |
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