02857nam 2200673 a 450 991045723940332120200520144314.01-4422-0183-597866133621791-283-36217-1(CKB)2550000000073326(EBL)817141(OCoLC)768082499(SSID)ssj0000634845(PQKBManifestationID)12273943(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000634845(PQKBWorkID)10643411(PQKB)10423071(SSID)ssj0000645707(PQKBManifestationID)11402190(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000645707(PQKBWorkID)10681868(PQKB)11732576(MiAaPQ)EBC817141(Au-PeEL)EBL817141(CaPaEBR)ebr10519509(CaONFJC)MIL336217(EXLCZ)99255000000007332620110901d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe ever-changing American city[electronic resource] 1945-present /John F. Bauman, Roger Biles, and Kristin M. SzylvianLanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishersc20121 online resource (211 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-0181-9 1-4422-0182-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.The electronic city -- Shaping the postwar city : 1945-1960 -- Federal policy and the American city -- The tarnished face of the American city -- The American city in the age of limits : 1968-1990 -- The city and the image made real : the 1990s and 2000s.The Ever-Changing American City seeks to help readers understand the marked changes since 1945 in what constitutes a city in the United States and who lives and works in them. The story of the postwar American city is not a simple tale of decline and rebirth. Nor is it a straight forward account of the struggle between the central business district and the suburbs on the urban periphery. In the decades that followed World War II, the cityscape was altered to better accommodate the automobile transforming the city from a place of productionCities and townsUnited StatesCities and townsUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.Cities and townsCities and townsHistory.307.760973Bauman John F.1938-901251Biles Roger1950-901252Szylvian Kristin M901253MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457239403321The ever-changing American city2014310UNINA