The
Wealth of Cities
revitalizing the centers of American life
Norquist, John O.
creator
text
bibliography
mau
1998
monographic
eng
ix, 237 p. 24 cm.
Contents:
Introduction vii --
Acknowledgments x --
CHAPTER ONE: You Can’t Build a City on Pity 1 --
CHAPTER TWO: How to Cut Government Spending and Live to Tell about It 23 --
CHAPTER THREE: Safe Haven 47 --
CHAPTER FOUR: Work and the City 65 --
CHAPTER FIVE: The Best Schools 83 --
CHAPTER SIX: How the Government Killed Affordable Housing 99 --
CHAPTER SEVEN: City States 123 --
CHAPTER EIGHT: Clean City, Rich City 139 --
CHAPTER NINE: U.S. Autobahns 153 --
CHAPTER TEN: The New Urbanism 181 --
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Lessons in Civic Life 201 --
Notes 209 --
Select Bibliography 221 --
Index 229 --
John O. Norquist.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-228) and index.
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Cities and towns
United States
Urban renewal
United States
Urban policy
United States
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