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200 10$aVoices of decline $ethe postwar fate of U.S. cities /$fRobert A. Beauregard
205   $aSecond edition.
210  1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2003.
215   $a1 online resource (321 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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311   $a1-306-04836-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; 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
330   $a<![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 t
606   $aCities and towns$zUnited States
606   $aUrban policy$zUnited States
606   $aMetropolitan areas$zUnited States
606   $aInner cities$zUnited States
607   $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1945-
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aCities and towns
615  0$aUrban policy
615  0$aMetropolitan areas
615  0$aInner cities
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700   $aBeauregard$b Robert A.$0276677
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