03186oam 2200709I 450 991079063940332120230207232001.01-135-32415-80-415-93238-60-203-95190-51-135-32408-510.4324/9780203951903 (CKB)2550000001136384(EBL)1487161(OCoLC)862049257(SSID)ssj0001037525(PQKBManifestationID)12491695(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037525(PQKBWorkID)11043477(PQKB)10713460(MiAaPQ)EBC1487161(Au-PeEL)EBL1487161(CaPaEBR)ebr10784450(CaONFJC)MIL536087(OCoLC)861976267(OCoLC)908072630(FINmELB)ELB133149(EXLCZ)99255000000113638420180706d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVoices of decline the postwar fate of U.S. cities /Robert A. BeauregardSecond edition.New York :Routledge,2003.1 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-93237-8 1-306-04836-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; FRAMING THE DISCOURSE; 1 Foundational Urban Debates; PRELUDE TO POSTWAR DECLINE; 2 The Cities Wholesome and Good; 3 Not Those of Decadence; ESCALATING DOWNWARD; 4 The Unhappy Process of Changing; 5 On the Verge of Catastrophe; FROM ONE CRISIS TO THE NEXT; 6 Every Problem a Racial Dimension; 7 Crisis of Our Cities; A DOUBLE REVERSAL OF FORTUNE; 8 Rising from the Ashes; 9 Not Excessively Inconvenienced; READING THE DISCOURSE; 10 Epilogue; Notes; Index<![CDATA[[FOR HISTORY CATALOGS]Drawing on the pronouncements of public commentators, this book portrays the 20th century history of U.S. cities, focusing specifically on how commentators crafted a discourse of urban decline and prosperity peculiar to the post-World War II era. The efforts of these commentators spoke to the foundational ambivalence Americans have toward their cities and, in turn, shaped the choices Americans made as they created and negotiated the country's changing urban landscape. [FOR GEOG/URBAN CATALOGS]Freely crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book uses the words of tCities and townsUnited StatesUrban policyUnited StatesMetropolitan areasUnited StatesInner citiesUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial conditions1945-Cities and townsUrban policyMetropolitan areasInner cities321Beauregard Robert A.276677MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790639403321Voices of decline3866189UNINA