After the factory : reinventing America's industrial small cities / / edited by James J. Connolly
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| Titolo: |
After the factory : reinventing America's industrial small cities / / edited by James J. Connolly
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 307.3/4160973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cities and towns - United States - Growth |
| City planning - United States | |
| Urban renewal - United States | |
| Altri autori: |
ConnollyJames J. <1962->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Can They Do It? The Capacity of Small Rust-Belt Cities to Reinvent Themselves in a Global Economy -- CHAPTER TWO. Model Cities, Mill Towns, and Industrial Peripheries: Small Industrial Cities in Twentieth-Century America -- CHAPTER THREE. From Satellite City to Burb of the 'Burgh: Deindustrialization and Community Identity in Steubenville, Ohio -- CHAPTER FOUR. Creating an "Image Center": Reimagining Omaha's Downtown and Riverfront, 1986-2003 -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Gravity of Capital: Spatial and Economic Transformation in Muncie, Indiana, 1917-1940 -- CHAPTER SIX. Curing the Rust Belt? Neoliberal Health Care, Class, and Race in Mansfield, Ohio -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Do Economic Growth Models Explain Midwest City Growth Differences? -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Explaining Household Income Patterns in Rural Midwestern Counties: The Importance of Being Urban -- CHAPTER NINE. Small, Green, and Good: The Role of Smaller Industrial Cities in a Sustainable Future -- Index -- About the Contributors. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | After the Factory explores the challenges and opportunities facing the smaller industrial cities of America's heartland as they seek to reinvent themselves. It offers a unique, multidisciplinary look at communities often ignored by conventional urban studies and urban history scholarship. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | After the factory |
| ISBN: | 1-282-92193-2 |
| 9786612921933 | |
| 0-7391-4825-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807092903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Comparative urban studies (Lanham, Md.)