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Americans against the city : anti-urbanism in the twentieth century / / Steven Conn
| Americans against the city : anti-urbanism in the twentieth century / / Steven Conn |
| Autore | Conn Steven |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.3/4160973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban renewal - United States - History
Urbanization - United States - History Decentralization in government - United States - History Urbanization Decentralization in government - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-997368-7
0-19-997367-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Americans Against the City; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The American Urban Paradox; 1 Anti-Urbanism: An American Tradition; 2 America's Urban Moment Arrives; 3 The Center Should Not Hold: Decentralizing the City in the 1920's and '30s; 4 New Deal, New Towns: The Anti-Urban New Deal; 5 Looking for Alternatives to the City: The Past and the Folk; 6 The Center Did Not Hold: The City in the Age of Urban Renewal; 7 The Triumph of the Decentralized City; 8 Small Town, New Town, Commune; 9 New Communities, New Urbanisms; Afterword: Urbanism as a Way of Life
Notes Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458726203321 |
Conn Steven
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| New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
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Americans against the city : anti-urbanism in the twentieth century / / Steven Conn
| Americans against the city : anti-urbanism in the twentieth century / / Steven Conn |
| Autore | Conn Steven |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.3/4160973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban renewal - United States - History
Urbanization - United States - History Decentralization in government - United States - History Urbanization Decentralization in government - United States |
| ISBN |
0-19-997368-7
0-19-997367-9 |
| Classificazione | HIS036060HIS054000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Americans Against the City; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The American Urban Paradox; 1 Anti-Urbanism: An American Tradition; 2 America's Urban Moment Arrives; 3 The Center Should Not Hold: Decentralizing the City in the 1920's and '30s; 4 New Deal, New Towns: The Anti-Urban New Deal; 5 Looking for Alternatives to the City: The Past and the Folk; 6 The Center Did Not Hold: The City in the Age of Urban Renewal; 7 The Triumph of the Decentralized City; 8 Small Town, New Town, Commune; 9 New Communities, New Urbanisms; Afterword: Urbanism as a Way of Life
Notes Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791188003321 |
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Conn Steven
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| New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Americans against the city : anti-urbanism in the twentieth century / / Steven Conn
| Americans against the city : anti-urbanism in the twentieth century / / Steven Conn |
| Autore | Conn Steven |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.3/4160973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban renewal - United States - History
Urbanization - United States - History Decentralization in government - United States - History Urbanization Decentralization in government - United States |
| ISBN |
0-19-997368-7
0-19-997367-9 |
| Classificazione | HIS036060HIS054000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Americans Against the City; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The American Urban Paradox; 1 Anti-Urbanism: An American Tradition; 2 America's Urban Moment Arrives; 3 The Center Should Not Hold: Decentralizing the City in the 1920's and '30s; 4 New Deal, New Towns: The Anti-Urban New Deal; 5 Looking for Alternatives to the City: The Past and the Folk; 6 The Center Did Not Hold: The City in the Age of Urban Renewal; 7 The Triumph of the Decentralized City; 8 Small Town, New Town, Commune; 9 New Communities, New Urbanisms; Afterword: Urbanism as a Way of Life
Notes Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809533903321 |
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Conn Steven
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| New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| 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 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 |
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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 |
| 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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Purging the poorest : public housing and the design politics of twice-cleared communities / / Lawrence J. Vale
| Purging the poorest : public housing and the design politics of twice-cleared communities / / Lawrence J. Vale |
| Autore | Vale Lawrence J. <1959-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago ; ; London, : University of Chicago Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (446 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.5/850977311 |
| Collana | Historical studies of urban America |
| Soggetto topico |
Public housing - Georgia - Atlanta - History
Public housing - Illinois - Chicago - History Urban renewal - United States - History |
| ISBN |
1-299-38460-9
0-226-01259-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Public Housing, Design Politics, and Twice-Cleared Communities -- 2. Public Housing and Private Initiative: Developing Atlanta's Techwood and Clark Howell Homes -- 3. Redeveloping Techwood and Clark Howell: The Purges of Progress -- 4. Up from Little Hell: Developing Chicago's Frances Cabrini Homes -- 5. Urban Renewal and the Rise of Cabrini-Green -- 6. Staving Off Collapse: Mediated Violence and the Beginning of Cabrini's End -- 7. Bringing the Gold Coast to the Slum: Cabrini-Green's Redevelopment and the Litigation of Inclusion -- 8. Conclusion: Public Housing and the Margins of Empathy -- Notes -- Credits -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838366003321 |
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Vale Lawrence J. <1959->
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| Chicago ; ; London, : University of Chicago Press, 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban America [[electronic resource] ] : growth, crisis, and rebirth / / John F. McDonald
| Urban America [[electronic resource] ] : growth, crisis, and rebirth / / John F. McDonald |
| Autore | McDonald John F. <1943-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76/40973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States - History
Urban renewal - United States - History Sociology, Urban - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-317-45287-9
0-7656-1807-9 1-315-69844-7 1-282-11949-4 9786612119491 0-7656-2441-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Urban areas of the Northeast -- Urban areas of the Sunbelt, before air conditioning -- An American dilemma in 1950 -- The industrial Northeast and the great migration -- The new Sunbelt takes off -- Suburbanization : 1950-1970 -- Signs of trouble ahead -- August 1965 -- The great society and the urban riots -- Urban employment trends in the Northeast -- Urban growth in the Sunbelt : 1970-1990 -- New urban scholarship -- The vicious circle in urban America -- Rebirth in America's cities -- Urban rebirth in the Northeast : 1990-2000 -- Urban growth and rebirth in the Sunbelt -- Trends after 2000 : what is next for urban America?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454149003321 |
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McDonald John F. <1943->
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| Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban America [[electronic resource] ] : growth, crisis, and rebirth / / John F. McDonald
| Urban America [[electronic resource] ] : growth, crisis, and rebirth / / John F. McDonald |
| Autore | McDonald John F. <1943-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76/40973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States - History
Urban renewal - United States - History Sociology, Urban - United States - History |
| ISBN |
1-317-45287-9
0-7656-1807-9 1-315-69844-7 1-282-11949-4 9786612119491 0-7656-2441-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Urban areas of the Northeast -- Urban areas of the Sunbelt, before air conditioning -- An American dilemma in 1950 -- The industrial Northeast and the great migration -- The new Sunbelt takes off -- Suburbanization : 1950-1970 -- Signs of trouble ahead -- August 1965 -- The great society and the urban riots -- Urban employment trends in the Northeast -- Urban growth in the Sunbelt : 1970-1990 -- New urban scholarship -- The vicious circle in urban America -- Rebirth in America's cities -- Urban rebirth in the Northeast : 1990-2000 -- Urban growth and rebirth in the Sunbelt -- Trends after 2000 : what is next for urban America?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777996303321 |
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McDonald John F. <1943->
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| Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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