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Downtown America [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the place and the people who made it / / Alison Isenberg
| Downtown America [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the place and the people who made it / / Alison Isenberg |
| Autore | Isenberg Alison |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (461 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76/0973 |
| Collana | Historical studies of urban America |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States - History
Central business districts - United States - History City and town life - United States - History Community life - United States - History Inner cities - United States - History Urban renewal - United States - History City planning - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-50426-6
9786612504266 0-226-38509-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction. Beyond Decline: Assessing the Values of Urban Commercial Life in the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 1. City Beautiful or Beautiful Mess? The Gendered Origins of a Civic Ideal -- Chapter 2. Fixing an Image of Commercial Dignity: Postcards and the Business of Planning Main Street -- Chapter 3. "Mrs. Consumer," "Mrs. Brown America," and "Mr. Chain Store Man": Economic Woman and the Laws of Retail -- Chapter 4. Main Street's Interior Frontier: Innovation amid Depression and War -- Chapter 5. "The Demolition of Our Outworn Past": Suburban Shoppers and the Logic of Urban Renewal -- Chapter 6. The Hollow Prize? Black Buyers, Racial Violence, and the Riot Renaissance -- Chapter 7. Animated by Nostalgia: Preservation and Vacancy since the 1960's -- Conclusion. "The Lights Are Much Brighter There" -- List of Archival Collections -- NOTES -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248215603316 |
Isenberg Alison
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Downtown America [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the place and the people who made it / / Alison Isenberg
| Downtown America [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the place and the people who made it / / Alison Isenberg |
| Autore | Isenberg Alison |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (461 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76/0973 |
| Collana | Historical studies of urban America |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States - History
Central business districts - United States - History City and town life - United States - History Community life - United States - History Inner cities - United States - History Urban renewal - United States - History City planning - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-50426-6
9786612504266 0-226-38509-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction. Beyond Decline: Assessing the Values of Urban Commercial Life in the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 1. City Beautiful or Beautiful Mess? The Gendered Origins of a Civic Ideal -- Chapter 2. Fixing an Image of Commercial Dignity: Postcards and the Business of Planning Main Street -- Chapter 3. "Mrs. Consumer," "Mrs. Brown America," and "Mr. Chain Store Man": Economic Woman and the Laws of Retail -- Chapter 4. Main Street's Interior Frontier: Innovation amid Depression and War -- Chapter 5. "The Demolition of Our Outworn Past": Suburban Shoppers and the Logic of Urban Renewal -- Chapter 6. The Hollow Prize? Black Buyers, Racial Violence, and the Riot Renaissance -- Chapter 7. Animated by Nostalgia: Preservation and Vacancy since the 1960's -- Conclusion. "The Lights Are Much Brighter There" -- List of Archival Collections -- NOTES -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457244503321 |
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Isenberg Alison
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Downtown America [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the place and the people who made it / / Alison Isenberg
| Downtown America [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the place and the people who made it / / Alison Isenberg |
| Autore | Isenberg Alison |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (461 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76/0973 |
| Collana | Historical studies of urban America |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States - History
Central business districts - United States - History City and town life - United States - History Community life - United States - History Inner cities - United States - History Urban renewal - United States - History City planning - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato | downtown, city, urban, shopping, tourism, development, commerce, decline, main street, economics, competition, retail, government, architecture, civic clubs, real estate, streets, nonfiction, history, planning, great depression, land values, politics, looting, riots, activism, abandonment, vacancy, nostalgia, inner cities, renewal, central business districts, race, racism, suburbs, gender, postcards |
| ISBN |
1-282-50426-6
9786612504266 0-226-38509-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction. Beyond Decline: Assessing the Values of Urban Commercial Life in the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 1. City Beautiful or Beautiful Mess? The Gendered Origins of a Civic Ideal -- Chapter 2. Fixing an Image of Commercial Dignity: Postcards and the Business of Planning Main Street -- Chapter 3. "Mrs. Consumer," "Mrs. Brown America," and "Mr. Chain Store Man": Economic Woman and the Laws of Retail -- Chapter 4. Main Street's Interior Frontier: Innovation amid Depression and War -- Chapter 5. "The Demolition of Our Outworn Past": Suburban Shoppers and the Logic of Urban Renewal -- Chapter 6. The Hollow Prize? Black Buyers, Racial Violence, and the Riot Renaissance -- Chapter 7. Animated by Nostalgia: Preservation and Vacancy since the 1960's -- Conclusion. "The Lights Are Much Brighter There" -- List of Archival Collections -- NOTES -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781051003321 |
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Isenberg Alison
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Downtown America : a history of the place and the people who made it / / Alison Isenberg
| Downtown America : a history of the place and the people who made it / / Alison Isenberg |
| Autore | Isenberg Alison |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (461 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76/0973 |
| Collana | Historical studies of urban America |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States - History
Central business districts - United States - History City and town life - United States - History Community life - United States - History Inner cities - United States - History Urban renewal - United States - History City planning - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato | downtown, city, urban, shopping, tourism, development, commerce, decline, main street, economics, competition, retail, government, architecture, civic clubs, real estate, streets, nonfiction, history, planning, great depression, land values, politics, looting, riots, activism, abandonment, vacancy, nostalgia, inner cities, renewal, central business districts, race, racism, suburbs, gender, postcards |
| ISBN |
1-282-50426-6
9786612504266 0-226-38509-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction. Beyond Decline: Assessing the Values of Urban Commercial Life in the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 1. City Beautiful or Beautiful Mess? The Gendered Origins of a Civic Ideal -- Chapter 2. Fixing an Image of Commercial Dignity: Postcards and the Business of Planning Main Street -- Chapter 3. "Mrs. Consumer," "Mrs. Brown America," and "Mr. Chain Store Man": Economic Woman and the Laws of Retail -- Chapter 4. Main Street's Interior Frontier: Innovation amid Depression and War -- Chapter 5. "The Demolition of Our Outworn Past": Suburban Shoppers and the Logic of Urban Renewal -- Chapter 6. The Hollow Prize? Black Buyers, Racial Violence, and the Riot Renaissance -- Chapter 7. Animated by Nostalgia: Preservation and Vacancy since the 1960's -- Conclusion. "The Lights Are Much Brighter There" -- List of Archival Collections -- NOTES -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813258703321 |
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Isenberg Alison
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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