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Alabaster cities: urban U.S. since 1950

Alabaster cities: urban U.S. since 1950
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10021387 NA9053.S56 2006
Reference Book for Urban Planning   GUtech Library . . Available .  
10021388 NA9053.S56 2006
Reference Book for Urban Planning   GUtech Library . . Available .  
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ISBN 9780815631057
Shelf Location NA9053.S56 2006
Author Short, John R.
Title Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950
1st ed.
Publisher Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press , 2006
Description xvi, 293 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Series Space, place, and society
Contents Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
Subject City planning --United States --History --20th century
Urban planning
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