The evolution of American urban society
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The evolution of American urban society
Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2005
6th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
For undergraduate courses on Urban History, Urban Economics, Urban Sociology, Urban Planning, Social History, Urban Studies, and Urban Politics.
Helping students understand the historical issues underlying the society in which they live, this text surveys the dynamics of American urbanization from the sixteenth century to the present, the text blends historical perspectives on society, economics, politics, and policy, while focusing on the ways in which diverse peoples have inhabited and interacted in cities. It tackles ethnic and racial minority issues, offers multiple perspectives on women, and highlights urbanization's constantly shifting nature.
Table of Contents
(NOTE: Each chapter contains a Bibliography and Notes section.)
1. Urban America in the Colonial Age, 1600-1776.
2. Commercialization and Urban Expansion in the New Nation, 1776-1860.
3. Life in the Walking City, 1820-1860.
4. Industrialization and the Transformation of Urban Space, 1850-1920.
5. Newcomers and the Urban Core, 1850-1920.
6. City Politics in the Era of Transformation.
7. Refashioning the Social and Physical Environment.
8. Cities in an Age of Metropolitanism, the 1920's and 1930s.
9. The Politics of Growth in the Era of Suburbanization, 1945-1974.
10. The Fate of the Modern City.
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Index.
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