Building Cities in America - Urbanization and Suburbanization in a Frontier Society

Informationen zum Autor By Daniel J. Elazar Klappentext What is the distinctive character of America's cities? How have our metropolitan regions evolved since the Colonial period? What effect will local politics have on the future of the American city? These are the questions Daniel J. Elazar addresses in this third volume of his highly-acclaimed 'Cities of the Prairie' trilogy. Building Cities in America should be read by both academicians and practitioners. It not only stands alone as a treatise on American cities but also as part of the evolving cities of the prairie project, and as an important contribution to theurban literature. Publius Building Cities in America should be read by both academicians and practitioners. It not only stands alone as a treatise on American cities but also as part of the evolving "cities of the prairie" project, and as an important contribution to the urban literature. Publius Zusammenfassung What is the distinctive character of America's cities? How have our metropolitan regions evolved since the Colonial period? What effect will local politics have on the future of the American city? These are the questions Daniel J. Elazar addresses in this third volume of his highly-acclaimed 'Cities of the Prairie' trilogy.

Product details

• Authors: Elazar, Daniel J Elazar, Daniel J. Elazar, Daniel Judah Elazar
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.1987
• EAN: 9780819160966
• ISBN: 978-0-8191-6096-6
• No. of pages: 318
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous