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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810193403321

Autore

Rabinowitz Alan

Titolo

Urban economics and land use in America : the transformation of cities in the twentieth century / / Alan Rabinowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-69842-0

1-317-45280-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

307.76/0973

307.760973

Soggetti

Cities and towns - United States - History - 20th century

Urbanization - United States - History - 20th century

Metropolitan areas - United States - History - 20th century

Urban economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2004 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""I. Introduction""; ""1. Overview""; ""2. How Garden Cities Became the Standard for the Development of American Suburbs""; ""II. Setting the Scene""; ""3. Generations of Babbitts and Ebenezers""; ""4. Some Historical Themes and Sensibilities""; ""5. Public Lands and the Native Population""; ""6. Visions of the Twenty-first Century""; ""III. Notes on Suburbanization""; ""7. The Suburbs According to Richard T. Ely in 1902""

""8. Patterns of Transportation and Metropolitanization, 1900-2000""""IV. The Record: 1900-2000""; ""9. Structuring the Political Economy of America, 1900-30""; ""10. Restructuring America: 1930 Through World War II""; ""11. Restructuring Continued: The Fractious Postwar Period""; ""12. Destructuring America, 1968-2000""; ""V. Looking Onward""; ""13. The Metropolitan System in Gear""; ""14. Remaking America in the Twenty-first Century""; ""Appendix: "A Short History of S&Ls"""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""