Main entry:

Short, John R.

Title & Author:

Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950 / John Rennie Short.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2006.

Description:

xvi, 293 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Space, place, and society

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 -- Appendix: The cities of New York State.
Also issued online.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents only

ISBN:

0815631057 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780815631057 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

City planning United States History 20th century.
Cities and towns United States Growth History 20th century.
Urbanization United States History 20th century.
Metropolitan areas United States History 20th century.
Urbanisme États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Villes États-Unis Croissance Histoire 20e siècle.
Urbanisation États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Agglomérations urbaines États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Urbanization
Metropolitan areas
Cities and towns Growth
City planning
Stadtplanung
United States
USA

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Space, place, and society.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 252983
Call No.: BIB 182382
Status: Available