The Ever-Changing American City
1945-Present
The Ever-Changing American City seeks to help readers understand the marked changes since 1945 in what constitutes a city in the United States and who lives and works in them. The story of the postwar American city is not a simple tale of decline and rebirth. Nor is it a straightforward account of the struggle between the old urban core or central business district and the suburbs on the urban periphery, for both have had their economic ups and downs. In the decades after World War II, the cityscape was altered to better accommodate the automobile, and the city gradually transformed from a place of production to a place of consumption. During…
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Weitere Autoren: Biles, Roger / Szylvian, Kristin M.
- ISBN: 978-1-4422-0181-1
- EAN: 9781442201811
- Produktnummer: 11576031
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 210 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.7 cm 483 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 483
Über den Autor
John F. Bauman is visiting professor of community planning and development at the Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, and professor emeritus of history at California University of Pennsylvania. Roger Biles is professor of history at Illinois State University. Kristin M. Szylvian is associate professor of history at St. John's University.
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