Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950 /
Short, John R.
Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950 / John Rennie Short. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2006. - xvi, 293 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Space, place, and society .
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.
0815631057 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780815631057 (cloth : alk. paper)
2006022053
City planning--History--United States--20th century.
HT167 / .S495 2006
307.1/21609730904
Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950 / John Rennie Short. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2006. - xvi, 293 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Space, place, and society .
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.
0815631057 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780815631057 (cloth : alk. paper)
2006022053
City planning--History--United States--20th century.
HT167 / .S495 2006
307.1/21609730904