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The ever-changing American city : 1945-present / John F. Bauman, Roger Biles, and Kristin M. Szylvian.

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"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 accoun...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Bauman, John F., 1938-
Other Authors: Biles, Roger, 1950-, Szylvian, Kristin M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2012.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > United States.
Cities and towns > United States > History.
Municipal government > United States > History.
Cities and towns
Municipal government
United States
History
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. The electronic city
  • Chapter 2. Shaping the postwar city : 1945-1960
  • Chapter 3. Federal policy and the American city
  • Chapter 4. The tarnished face of the American city
  • Chapter 5. The American city in the age of limits : 1968-1990
  • Chapter 6. The city and the image made real : the 1990s and 2000s.

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