Signs in America's auto age : signatures of landscape and place / / by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle |
Autore | Jakle John A |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina |
659.13/42/0973
302.230973 |
Collana | American land and life series |
Soggetto topico |
Signs and signboards - United States
Advertising, Outdoor - United States Social interaction - United States Landscapes - United States Cities and towns - United States |
ISBN | 1-58729-482-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Commercial Signs; 1 : Signs Downtown; 2 : Signs on Main Street; 3 : Roadside Signs; Part Two: Signing Public Places; 4 : Traffic Signs; 5 : Signs and Community; Part Three Signing Personal Space; 6 : Territorial Markers andSigns of Personal Identity; Part Four: Sign Aesthetics; 7 : Signs and Landscape Visualization; 8 : Sign Regulation; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808348003321 |
Jakle John A
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Small town [[electronic resource] /] / Granville Hicks |
Autore | Hicks Granville <1901-1982.> |
Edizione | [1st Fordham University Press ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Fordham University Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xl, 272 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Soggetto topico |
City and town life
Intellectuals Cities and towns - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8232-4847-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Starting out from Roxborough -- The natural history of an intellectual -- What came with the house -- The rise and fall of a country town -- The influence of a ghost -- The mind of Roxborough -- Human nature, Roxborough style -- Institutions and people -- The future of the town -- The larger society -- The burden on the schools -- The duty of the intellectuals. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462330303321 |
Hicks Granville <1901-1982.>
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Small town [[electronic resource] /] / Granville Hicks |
Autore | Hicks Granville <1901-1982.> |
Edizione | [1st Fordham University Press ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Fordham University Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xl, 272 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Soggetto topico |
City and town life
Intellectuals Cities and towns - United States |
ISBN | 0-8232-4847-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Starting out from Roxborough -- The natural history of an intellectual -- What came with the house -- The rise and fall of a country town -- The influence of a ghost -- The mind of Roxborough -- Human nature, Roxborough style -- Institutions and people -- The future of the town -- The larger society -- The burden on the schools -- The duty of the intellectuals. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785560103321 |
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Small town [[electronic resource] /] / Granville Hicks |
Autore | Hicks Granville <1901-1982.> |
Edizione | [1st Fordham University Press ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Fordham University Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xl, 272 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Soggetto topico |
City and town life
Intellectuals Cities and towns - United States |
ISBN | 0-8232-4847-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Starting out from Roxborough -- The natural history of an intellectual -- What came with the house -- The rise and fall of a country town -- The influence of a ghost -- The mind of Roxborough -- Human nature, Roxborough style -- Institutions and people -- The future of the town -- The larger society -- The burden on the schools -- The duty of the intellectuals. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828197203321 |
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Small-town America [[electronic resource] ] : finding community, shaping the future / / Robert Wuthnow |
Autore | Wuthnow Robert |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (519 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.760973 |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States
Communities - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-299-40278-X
1-4008-4649-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Profiles -- Preface -- 1- Introduction -- 2- You Have to Deal with Everybody: The Inhabitants of Small Towns -- 3- Going to Be Buried Right Here: How Residents View Their Towns -- 4- Community Spirit: Small-Town Identities That Bind -- 5- The Frog Pond: Making Sense of Work and Money -- 6- Leadership: Earning Respect, Improving the Community -- 7- Habits of Faith: The Social Role of Small-Town Congregations -- 8- Contentious Issues: The Moral Sentiments of Community Life -- 9- Washington Is Broken: Politics and the New Populism -- 10- Keep Your Doors Open: Shaping the Future -- 11- Concluding Reflections: Community in Small Towns -- Afterword -- Methodology -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452420403321 |
Wuthnow Robert
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Small-town America [[electronic resource] ] : finding community, shaping the future / / Robert Wuthnow |
Autore | Wuthnow Robert |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (519 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.760973 |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States
Communities - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Republicans
Suzanne Keller abortion agriculture antipathy athletics big government bureaucracy career opportunities caring children church closure civic responsibilities class college community life community spirit community ties community creationism economic decline education educators employment ethnic diversity evolution family frog-pond effect future planning gentry grassroots activism higher education homecoming festivals homosexuality immigration job opportunities leaders leadership living standards loyalty membership criteria metropolitan areas money moral decline nature neighborliness neighbors parents pensioners politics population decline populism public officials racial diversity religion religious buildings religious congregations religious organizations religious participation respect ritual school curriculum self-identity service class slow pace small towns small-town life social innovation social networks social strata socioeconomic status stereotypes sustainable energy technology territory townspeople voluntary organizations wageworkers welfare work young people |
ISBN |
1-299-40278-X
1-4008-4649-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Profiles -- Preface -- 1- Introduction -- 2- You Have to Deal with Everybody: The Inhabitants of Small Towns -- 3- Going to Be Buried Right Here: How Residents View Their Towns -- 4- Community Spirit: Small-Town Identities That Bind -- 5- The Frog Pond: Making Sense of Work and Money -- 6- Leadership: Earning Respect, Improving the Community -- 7- Habits of Faith: The Social Role of Small-Town Congregations -- 8- Contentious Issues: The Moral Sentiments of Community Life -- 9- Washington Is Broken: Politics and the New Populism -- 10- Keep Your Doors Open: Shaping the Future -- 11- Concluding Reflections: Community in Small Towns -- Afterword -- Methodology -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779412703321 |
Wuthnow Robert
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Small-town America [[electronic resource] ] : finding community, shaping the future / / Robert Wuthnow |
Autore | Wuthnow Robert |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (519 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.760973 |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States
Communities - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Republicans
Suzanne Keller abortion agriculture antipathy athletics big government bureaucracy career opportunities caring children church closure civic responsibilities class college community life community spirit community ties community creationism economic decline education educators employment ethnic diversity evolution family frog-pond effect future planning gentry grassroots activism higher education homecoming festivals homosexuality immigration job opportunities leaders leadership living standards loyalty membership criteria metropolitan areas money moral decline nature neighborliness neighbors parents pensioners politics population decline populism public officials racial diversity religion religious buildings religious congregations religious organizations religious participation respect ritual school curriculum self-identity service class slow pace small towns small-town life social innovation social networks social strata socioeconomic status stereotypes sustainable energy technology territory townspeople voluntary organizations wageworkers welfare work young people |
ISBN |
1-299-40278-X
1-4008-4649-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Profiles -- Preface -- 1- Introduction -- 2- You Have to Deal with Everybody: The Inhabitants of Small Towns -- 3- Going to Be Buried Right Here: How Residents View Their Towns -- 4- Community Spirit: Small-Town Identities That Bind -- 5- The Frog Pond: Making Sense of Work and Money -- 6- Leadership: Earning Respect, Improving the Community -- 7- Habits of Faith: The Social Role of Small-Town Congregations -- 8- Contentious Issues: The Moral Sentiments of Community Life -- 9- Washington Is Broken: Politics and the New Populism -- 10- Keep Your Doors Open: Shaping the Future -- 11- Concluding Reflections: Community in Small Towns -- Afterword -- Methodology -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806804703321 |
Wuthnow Robert
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The states and the urban crisis [[electronic resource] /] / [compiled by Florence F. Klemm, Louis C. Bassetti, Ottie K. Sutton] |
Autore | Klemm Florence F |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Colorado Springs, Colo.] : , : U.S. Air Force Academy Library, , [1969] |
Descrizione fisica | 46 pages : digital, PDF file |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BassettiLouis C
SuttonOttie K |
Collana | Special bibliography series |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States
Local government - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Bibliographies. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910696001403321 |
Klemm Florence F
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Statistics of cities having a population of over 25,000 / / Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : Government Printing Office, , 1905-1910 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (6 volumes) |
Collana |
Bulletin
Special reports |
Soggetto topico |
Municipal finance - United States
Cities and towns - United States Cities and towns Municipal finance |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodicals.
Statistics. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti |
Statistics of cities having a population of over 30,000
Statistics of cities |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910702518903321 |
Washington : , : Government Printing Office, , 1905-1910 | ||
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Strangers at the gates [[electronic resource] ] : new immigrants in urban America / / edited by Roger Waldinger |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.9/0691 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WaldingerRoger David |
Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - United States - Social conditions
Immigrants - United States - Economic conditions Foreign workers - United States Cities and towns - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-35589-9
9786612355899 0-520-92771-0 1-59734-922-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Strangers at the Gates -- 2. New Immigrants in Urban America -- 3. Up from Poverty?: "Race," Immigration, and the Fate of Low-Skilled Workers -- 4. A Tale of Five Cities?: Trends in Immigrant and Native-Born Wages -- 5. The Geography of Immigrant Poverty: Selective Evidence of an Immigrant Underclass -- 6. On the Back of Blacks?: Immigrants and the Fortunes of African Americans -- 7. The Immigrant Niche: Pervasive, Persistent, Diverse -- 8. Progress, Decline, Stagnation?: The New Second Generation Comes of Age -- 9. Conclusion: Immigration and the Remaking of Urban America -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450069403321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 | ||
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