Twentieth-Century American City - Problem, Promise, and Reality

Informationen zum Autor Jon C. Teaford is professor emeritus of history at Purdue University. He is the author of Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization in America, 1940–1985 , The Metropolitan Revolution: The Rise of Post-Urban America , and The American Suburb: The Basics. Klappentext Touching on aging central cities, technoburbs, and the ongoing conflict between inner-city poverty and urban boosterism, The Twentieth-Century American City offers a broad, accessible overview of America's persistent struggle for a better city. Zusammenfassung Touching on aging central cities! technoburbs! and the ongoing conflict between inner-city poverty and urban boosterism! The Twentieth-Century American City offers a broad! accessible overview of America's persistent struggle for a better city.

About the author

Jon C. Teaford is professor emeritus of history at Purdue University. He is the author of Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization in America, 1940–1985, The Metropolitan Revolution: The Rise of Post-Urban America, and The American Suburb: The Basics.

Product details

• Authors: Jon C Teaford, Jon C. Teaford, Jon C. (Purdue University) Teaford, Teaford Jon C.
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2016
• EAN: 9781421420387
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2038-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: American Moment; The American Moment
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Urban & municipal planning, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy