Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950 / / John Rennie Short
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Short John R.
|
| Titolo: |
Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950 / / John Rennie Short
|
| Pubblicazione: | Syracuse, New York : , : Syracuse University Press, , 2006 |
| ©2006 | |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 293 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
| Disciplina: | 307.1/21609730904 |
| Soggetto topico: | City planning - United States - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The rise of metropolitan America -- Urban renewal: "we must start all over again from the ground up" -- Stimulating suburbs, starving cities: "i should prefer to see the ash heaps" -- Robert Moses versus Jane Jacobs: "hack your way with a meat ax" -- Downtown: "the heart that pumps the blood of commerce" -- Creating a suburban society: "a landscape of scary places" -- New suburban realities: "trouble in paradise" -- Metropolitan fragmentation: "obsolescent structure of urban government" -- Urban economies: "all that is solid melts into air" -- Race and ethnicity: "e pluribus unum" -- Housing and the city: "shaky palaces" -- Politics and the city: "informal arrangements,.formal workings" -- Reimagining the city: "place wars" -- Civic engagement in the city: "civic spirit" -- Emerging trends. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Alabaster cities |
| ISBN: | 0-8156-5185-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463937603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Space, place, and society.