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Autore: | Biles Roger <1950-> |
Titolo: | A good place to do business : the politics of downtown renewal since 1945 / / Roger Biles and Mark H. Rose |
Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia : , : Temple University Press, , [2022] |
©2022 | |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (360 pages) |
Disciplina: | 307.760973 |
Soggetto topico: | Urban policy - United States |
Persona (resp. second.): | RoseMark H. <1942-> |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Part I: Introduction: Downtown Politics after World War II. Chapter 1: St. Louis, Stan "The Man" Musial, and the Politics of Destruction -- Chapter 2: Arthur Rubloff and the Grinding Politics of Renewal in Chicago, 1947-1986 -- Chapter 3: William L. Rafsky and the Greater Philadelphia Movement, 1951-1985 -- Chapter 4: Albert E. Cobo's Detroit, Ernest J. Bohn's Cleveland, and Expressway Politics -- Part II: Refashioning the American City, 1970-2000. Chapter 5: George V. Voinovich and the Pursuit of Business in Cleveland -- Chapter 6: Coleman Young and Gambling on Detroit -- Chapter 7: Florence Scala, Mel Ravitz, and the People Left Behind in Five U.S. Cities -- Part III: Downtown's Continuing Allure, 2000-2020. Chapter 8: Richard M. Daley and Chicago's Thriving Downtown -- Chapter 9: Big City Hospitals: From Urban Renewal to the Next Growth Machine -- Chapter 10: "Gilbertville," "Ilitchville," and the Redevelopment of Detroit. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "This book looks at the politics of downtown business promotion as an urban renewal strategy from the end of World War II to the present, with a focus on five case cities: Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and Cleveland"-- |
Titolo autorizzato: | A good place to do business |
ISBN: | 1-4399-2083-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910780440803321 |
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