Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Can They Do It? The Capacity of Small Rust-Belt Cities to Reinvent Themselves in a Global Economy -- CHAPTER TWO. Model Cities, Mill Towns, and Industrial Peripheries: Small Industrial Cities in Twentieth-Century America -- CHAPTER THREE. From Satellite City to Burb of the 'Burgh: Deindustrialization and Community Identity in Steubenville, Ohio -- CHAPTER FOUR. Creating an "Image Center": Reimagining Omaha's Downtown and Riverfront, 1986-2003 -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Gravity of Capital: Spatial and Economic Transformation in Muncie, Indiana, 1917-1940 -- CHAPTER SIX. Curing the Rust Belt? Neoliberal Health Care, Class, and Race in Mansfield, Ohio -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Do Economic Growth Models Explain Midwest City Growth Differences? -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Explaining Household Income Patterns in Rural Midwestern Counties: The Importance of Being Urban -- CHAPTER NINE. Small, Green, and Good: The Role of Smaller Industrial Cities in a Sustainable Future -- Index -- About the Contributors. |