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The Twentieth-Century American City: Problem, Promise, and Reality
Jon C. Teaford
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Description for The Twentieth-Century American City: Problem, Promise, and Reality
Paperback. Touching on aging central cities, technoburbs, and the ongoing conflict between inner-city poverty and urban boosterism, The Twentieth-Century American City offers a broad, accessible overview of America's persistent struggle for a better city. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Throughout the twentieth century, the city was deemed a problematic space, one that Americans urgently needed to improve. Although cities from New York to Los Angeles served as grand monuments to wealth and enterprise, they also reflected the social and economic fragmentation of the nation. Race, ethnicity, and class splintered the metropolis both literally and figuratively, thwarting efforts to create a harmonious whole. The urban landscape revealed what was right-and wrong-with both the country and its citizens' way of life. In this thoroughly revised edition of his highly acclaimed book, Jon C. Teaford updates the story ... Read more
Throughout the twentieth century, the city was deemed a problematic space, one that Americans urgently needed to improve. Although cities from New York to Los Angeles served as grand monuments to wealth and enterprise, they also reflected the social and economic fragmentation of the nation. Race, ethnicity, and class splintered the metropolis both literally and figuratively, thwarting efforts to create a harmonious whole. The urban landscape revealed what was right-and wrong-with both the country and its citizens' way of life. In this thoroughly revised edition of his highly acclaimed book, Jon C. Teaford updates the story ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
The American Moment
Condition
New
Weight
341g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421420387
SKU
V9781421420387
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About Jon C. Teaford
Jon C. Teaford is professor emeritus of history at Purdue University. He is the author of Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization in America, 1940-1985, The Metropolitan Revolution: The Rise of Post-Urban America, and The American Suburb: The Basics.
Reviews for The Twentieth-Century American City: Problem, Promise, and Reality
The book has much to recommend it as a supplementary textbook for a number of urban and historical geography courses.
Progress in Human Geography This book has value for all students of modern urban America. Do I plan to use it for my own urban history course? Yes, most definitely.
Indiana ... Read more
Progress in Human Geography This book has value for all students of modern urban America. Do I plan to use it for my own urban history course? Yes, most definitely.
Indiana ... Read more