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City-building In America Anthony M Orum

City-building In America By Anthony M Orum

City-building In America by Anthony M Orum

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Employing the tools of social theory, historical ethnography and comparative analysis, this book uses examples of American cities to illustrate how cities everywhere grow and decay. The topics covered include population trends, economic prosperity, politics and culture.

City-building In America Summary

City-building In America by Anthony M Orum

Why do some cities grow and expand, while others dwindle and decline? Why is Milwaukee a town of the past, while Minneapolis?St. Paul seems reborn and infused with future dynamism? And what do Milwaukee and the Twin Cities have to tell us about other cities' prospects, the trials and destinies of industrial Cleveland and post-industrial Austin?Anth

About Anthony M Orum

Anthony M. Orum is head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction, 1. Building, Unbuilding, and Rebuilding American Cities, 2. Themes and Perspectives on the American City, Part Two: The Rise and Fall of Milwaukee, 3. Pre-Industrial Milwaukee: 1818-1870, 4. Early Industrial Milwaukee: 1870-1900, 5. Mature Industrial Milwaukee: 1900-1930, 6. Reshaping Industrial Milwaukee: 1930-1950, 7. The Decline of lndustrial Milwaukee: 1950-1990, 8. An Analytic Summary of Milwaukee, Part Three: Three Comparative Histories, Introduction, 9. The Rise and Fall of Industrial Cleveland, 10. The Rise of a Post-Industrial City: Austin, Texas, 11. The Rebirth of Minneapolis-St. Paul: Creating a Post-Industrial City in the Midwest, Part Four: Conclusion, 12. Building Cities in America

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NPB9780367315023
9780367315023
0367315025
City-building In America by Anthony M Orum
Anthony M Orum
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2019-08-08
280
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