Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950 by Short, John R instant download

Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950 by Short, John R instant download

xvi, 293 p. : 25 cm, Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-278) and index, 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