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Autore |
McDonald John F. <1943-> |
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Titolo |
Urban America [[electronic resource] ] : growth, crisis, and rebirth / / John F. McDonald |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-317-45287-9 |
0-7656-1807-9 |
1-315-69844-7 |
1-282-11949-4 |
9786612119491 |
0-7656-2441-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cities and towns - United States - History |
Urban renewal - United States - History |
Sociology, Urban - United States - History |
United States Race relations History |
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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 (p. 323-327) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Urban areas of the Northeast -- Urban areas of the Sunbelt, before air conditioning -- An American dilemma in 1950 -- The industrial Northeast and the great migration -- The new Sunbelt takes off -- Suburbanization : 1950-1970 -- Signs of trouble ahead -- August 1965 -- The great society and the urban riots -- Urban employment trends in the Northeast -- Urban growth in the Sunbelt : 1970-1990 -- New urban scholarship -- The vicious circle in urban America -- Rebirth in America's cities -- Urban rebirth in the Northeast : 1990-2000 -- Urban growth and rebirth in the Sunbelt -- Trends after 2000 : what is next for urban America?. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book will change the way Americans think about their cities. It provides a comprehensive economic and social history of urban America since 1950, tracing cycles of urban growth, urban crisis, and positive urban rebirth. |
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