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OverviewFor undergraduate courses on Urban History, Urban Economics, Urban Sociology, Urban Planning, Social History, Urban Studies, and Urban Politics. A survey of the dynamics of American urbanization from the sixteenth century to the present tackling ethnic and racial minority issues, multiple perspectives on women, and highlights urbanization's constantly shifting nature. This 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Howard P. Chudacoff , Judith E. Smith , Peter C. BaldwinPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Routledge Edition: 7th edition Dimensions: Width: 22.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 15.50cm Weight: 0.354kg ISBN: 9780136015710ISBN 10: 0136015719 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 11 January 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Replaced By: 9780133867886 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents(NOTE: Each chapter contains a Bibliography and Notes section.) Preface Chapter One: Urban America in the Colonial Age, 1500-1776 Urban Beginnings Problems of Growth The Social Mosaic Cities in the American Revolution Bibliography Chapter Two: Urban Expansion in the New Nation, 1776-1860 Cities in the New Republic Revolutions in Transportation and the Economy Boosterism Beginnings of Urban Industrialism Societal Effects of Economic Change Problems of Growth Bibiography Chapter Three: Life in the Walking City, 1820-1865 The Walking City Social Complexity and Contested Terrain Immigrants Rootless Men and Women Urban Politics Cities and the Civil War Bibliography Chapter Four: Industrialization and the Changing Shape of the City, 1865-1920 The Quickening Pace of Industrialization The Growth of Mass Transit The Geography of the Streetcar City The Geography of Leisure: Parks and Commercial Amusements Population Mobility Bibliography Chapter Five: Newcomers and the Urban Core, 1865-1920 Waves of Immigration Rural Americans Move to the City Housing and Health Coping With Inner-City Life Patterns of Social Mobility Bibliography Chapter Six: Bosses and Reformers in City Politics, 1870-1920 Origins of the Machine Structure and Functions of the Machine Some Notable Cases City Governance and Municipal Reform Goals and Tactics of Municipal Reform Bibliography Chapter Seven: Reforming the Social and Physical Environment, 1870-1920 Impulses of Social Reform Remedies of Social Reformers Religious and Moral Reform Educational Reform Settlements Planning and Engineering the City Reform Becomes Progressivism The Rise of Urban Liberalism Bibliography Chapter Eight: Cities in an Age of Metropolitanism: The 1920s and 1930s New Urban Growth Suburbanization and Metropolitanism Cities and Consumer Culture Cities as a Cultural Battleground Urban Politics in the 1920s The Great Depression Relief and Welfare Housing Political and Social Life in the 1930s Bibliography Chapter Nine: The Emerging Urban Crisis, 1941-1975 The Impact of World War II on Cities Postwar Suburban Growth Racial Transition in Urban Neighborhoods Urban Renewal and its Consequences Currents of Protest Changes in Urban Politics Bibliography Chapter Ten: New Hope and New Concerns in the American City Deindustrialization and Financial Crisis The Decline of Federal Urban Policy Dual Cities: Rich and Poor in a Changing Economy Privatization, Gambling and Tourism The Federal Government and the Cities in the 1990s And 2000s Revitalization and Gentrification Immigration and Diversity Changing Suburbs The Disasters in New York and New Orleans BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationNew co-author, Peter Baldwin of the University of Connecticut Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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