The evolution of American urban society Howard P. Chudacoff, Judith E. Smith.

Por:

Chudacoff, Howard P

Colaborador(es):

Smith, Judith E, 1948-

Detalles de publicación: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice Hall c1988.Edición: 3rd edDescripción: xii, 321 p. ill. 23 cmISBN:

0132936895 (pbk.)

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307.7/6/0973 19

Clasificación LoC:

HT123 .C49 1988

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In over three centuries of growth and change, American cities have exerted forces that have been both centrifugal -- pulling people, resources, and interest toward them -- and centripetal -- sending out goods, services, and ideas. The story of how these forces evolved over time encompasses almost every aspect of American history. Always cognizant of change over time, this book explores the ways that urban development influenced people's lives and on the ways people shaped the urban environment. A city is simultaneously a social, economic, and political entity, and Howard P. Chudacoff and Judith E. Smith have taken care to examine each of these dimensions of urban life. Their focus is on urban society: its institutions, its activities, and, especially, its people. In this, the Sixth Edition, Chudacoff and Smith pay particular attention to issues of race, ethnicity, gender, the built environment, regional differentials, and emerging cultural forms such as rock and rap music. New material has been added on the environmental impact of cities and suburbs and on the new racial and ethnic mix produced by the most recent immigration trends. In addition, the final chapter has been expanded to take into account issues relating to the presidential administration of George W. Bush and to the consequences of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Book jacket.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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Preface(p. ix)
1 Urban America in the Colonial Age, 1600-1776(p. 1)
Urban Beginnings(p. 1)
Problems of Growth(p. 10)
The Social Mosaic(p. 16)
Cities in the American Revolution(p. 27)
Bibliography(p. 35)
Notes(p. 36)
2 Commercialization and Urban Expansion in the New Nation, 1776-1860(p. 37)
The Commercial Revolution(p. 37)
Westward Expansion(p. 40)
Beginnings of Urban Industrialism(p. 45)
Societal Effects of Economic Change(p. 47)
Servicing the City(p. 52)
Bibliography(p. 61)
Notes(p. 62)
3 Life in the Walking City, 1820-1860(p. 63)
The Walking City(p. 63)
Social Complexity and Contested Terrain(p. 67)
Cities and the Civil War(p. 78)
Bibliography(p. 81)
Notes(p. 83)
4 Industrialization and the Transformation of Urban Space, 1850-1920(p. 84)
The Growth of Mass Transit(p. 84)
Spatial Segregation and the Beginning of Urban Sprawl(p. 92)
The Quickening Pace of Industrialization(p. 108)
Bibliography(p. 113)
Notes(p. 114)
5 Newcomers and the Urban Core, 1850-1920(p. 115)
Migration, Old and New(p. 115)
Housing and Health(p. 126)
Coping with Inner-City Life(p. 133)
Patterns of Social Mobility(p. 142)
Bibliography(p. 149)
Notes(p. 151)
6 City Politics in the Era of Transformation(p. 152)
Origins of the Machine(p. 152)
Structure and Functions of the Machine(p. 154)
Some Notable Cases(p. 158)
City Governance and Municipal Reform(p. 166)
Goals and Tactics of Municipal Reform(p. 168)
Bibliography(p. 174)
7 Refashioning the Social and Physical Environment(p. 176)
Impulses of Social Reform(p. 176)
Remedies of Social Reformers(p. 180)
Planning and Engineering the City(p. 191)
Reform Becomes Progressivism(p. 195)
The Rise of Urban Liberalism(p. 198)
Bibliography(p. 201)
Notes(p. 202)
8 Cities in an Age of Metropolitanism: The 1920s and 1930s(p. 203)
New Urban Growth(p. 203)
Suburbanization and Metropolitanism(p. 208)
Cities and Consumer Culture(p. 215)
Cities as a Cultural Battleground(p. 219)
Urban Politics in the 1920s(p. 227)
The Great Depression(p. 228)
Political and Social Life in the 1930s(p. 240)
Bibliography(p. 246)
Notes(p. 248)
9 The Politics of Growth in the Era of Suburbanization, 1941-1974(p. 249)
The Impact of World War II on Cities(p. 249)
Spatial Patterns of Postwar Growth(p. 253)
Reshaping Downtown: Progrowth Coalitions, Urban Renewal, and Their Consequences(p. 259)
Currents of Protest(p. 265)
New Political Alignments(p. 272)
New Suburban Realignments(p. 274)
Signposts of Change(p. 277)
Bibliography(p. 280)
Notes(p. 282)
10 The Fate of the Modern American City(p. 283)
Fiscal Crisis and the Uncertainty of Federal Urban Policy(p. 284)
Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Neglect as a Panacea(p. 288)
The Clinton Years: Further Neglect(p. 293)
The Social Costs of Widening Income Inequality and Urban Neglect(p. 296)
New Urban Neighbors(p. 298)
Edge City and Inner City(p. 302)
Into the Twenty-First Century(p. 306)
Bibliography(p. 310)
Note(p. 311)
Photo Credits(p. 312)
Index(p. 314)

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Since 1975, when The Evolution of American Urban Society was first published, American cities and the scholarship about the history of American cities have undergone consequential changes. Yet at the same time, there have been vital consistencies in both urban life and the scholarly focus on how American urban society has evolved. Throughout almost three decades, the authors of this book have maintained their focus on the social history of urban life, with special attention to the unfolding political and economic processes that have shaped the development of cities and the lives of urban dwellers. Equally important have been the ways that the actions of urban dwellers--the powerful and the ordinary--have influenced the course of urban history. For this, the sixth edition of The Evolution of American Urban Society, we have updated the scholarship and bibliographies for each chapter, paying particular attention to issues of race, ethnicity, gender, the built environment, regional differentials, and emerging cultural forms such as rock and rap music. Wherever possible, we have added perspectives on the environmental impact of cities and suburbs. The chapters on the post-World War II cities offer new attention to the new racial and ethnic mix produced by the most recent immigration trends and to the re-institutionalization of segregation resulting from public housing development and highway policies. As well, we have tried to be sensitive to the effects of concentrated poverty in inner-city neighborhoods and the costs of hardening barriers between city and suburb. The final chapter has been expanded to take into account issues relating to the presidential administration of George W. Bush and to the consequences of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Once again, we owe special thanks to Pembroke Herbert for her valuable picture research and to Jim O'Brien for his efficient indexing. We also wish to acknowledge the insightful critiques offered by Mark Newman, National Louis University; Abel Bartley University of Akron; Anne Brophy Georgia State University; George Lubick, Northern Arizona University; and Jacob Judd, CUNY/Lehman College. Howard Chudacoff thanks Nancy Fisher Chudacoff for guidance and inspiration, and Judith Smith thanks Larry Blum, and Ben, Sarah, and Laura Blum-Smith for their insights and support. Excerpted from The Evolution of American Urban Society by Howard P. Chudacoff, Judith E. Smith All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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