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2013044642 |
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DLC |
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20190729105431.0 |
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2013044642 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780199973668 |
Qualifying information |
hardback |
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
Authentication code |
pcc |
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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DLC |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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DLC |
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DLC |
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MvI |
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
HT175 |
Item number |
.C637 2014 |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
307.3/4160973 |
Edition number |
23 |
084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
HIS036060 |
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HIS054000 |
Number source |
bisacsh |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Conn, Steven. |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Americans against the city : |
Remainder of title |
anti-urbanism in the twentieth century / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Steven Conn. |
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Oxford : |
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Oxford University Press, USA, |
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2014] |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
x, 379 pages ; |
Dimensions |
25 cm |
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
Content type term |
text |
Source |
rdacontent |
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
Media type term |
unmediated |
Source |
rdamedia |
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
Carrier type term |
volume |
Source |
rdacarrier |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
"It is a paradox of American life that we are a highly urbanized nation filled with people deeply ambivalent about urban life. An aversion to urban density and all that it contributes to urban life, and a perception that the city was the place where "big government" first took root in America fostered what historian Steven Conn terms the "anti-urban impulse." In response, anti-urbanists called for the decentralization of the city, and rejected the role of government in American life in favor of a return to the pioneer virtues of independence and self-sufficiency. In this provocative and sweeping book, Conn explores the anti-urban impulse across the 20th century, examining how the ideas born of it have shaped both the places in which Americans live and work, and the anti-government politics so strong today. Beginning in the booming industrial cities of the Progressive era at the turn of the 20th century, where debate surrounding these questions first arose, Conn examines the progression of anti-urban movements. : He describes the decentralist movement of the 1930s, the attempt to revive the American small town in the mid-century, the anti-urban basis of urban renewal in the 1950s and '60s, and the Nixon administration's program of building new towns as a response to the urban crisis, illustrating how, by the middle of the 20th century, anti-urbanism was at the center of the politics of the New Right. Concluding with an exploration of the New Urbanist experiments at the turn of the 21st century, Conn demonstrates the full breadth of the anti-urban impulse, from its inception to the present day. Engagingly written, thoroughly researched, and forcefully argued, Americans Against the City is important reading for anyone who cares not just about the history of our cities, but about their future as well"-- |
Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
"It is a paradox of American life that we are a highly urbanized nation filled with people deeply ambivalent about urban life. In this provocative and sweeping book, historian Steven Conn explores the "anti-urban impulse" across the 20th century and examines how those ideas have shaped the places Americans have lived and worked, and how they have shaped the anti-government politics so strong today. As Conn describes it, the anti-urban impulse has had two parts: first, an aversion to urban density and all that it contributes to urban life, especially social diversity, and second, a perception that the city was the place where "big government" first took root in America. In response, in varying ways across the 20th century, anti-urbanists called for the decentralization of the city, both its population and its economy, and they rejected the role of government in American life in favor of a return to the pioneer virtues of independence and self-sufficiency. In this way, by the middle of the 20th century anti-urbanism was at the center of the politics of the New Right. Conn starts in the booming industrial cities of the Progressive era at the turn of the 20th century, where these questions first began to be debated, and ends with some of the New Urbanist experiments of the turn of the 21st. Along the way he examines the decentralist movement of the 1930s, the attempt to revive the American small town in the mid-century, the anti-urban basis of urban renewal in the 1950s and '60s, and the Nixon Administration's program of building new towns as a response to the urban crisis. Engagingly written, thoroughly researched and forcefully argued, Americans Against the City is important reading for anyone who cares not just about the history of our cities, but also about their future"-- |
Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-369) and index. |
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. The American Urban Paradox -- 2. America's Urban Moment Arrives -- 3. The Center Should Not Hold:Decentralizing the City in the 1920s 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. |
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Urban renewal |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
History. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Urbanization |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
History. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Decentralization in government |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
History. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Urbanization. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Decentralization in government |
Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. |
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bisacsh |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
HISTORY / Social History. |
Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
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u378969 |
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