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- English
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The Evolution of American Urban Society
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This interesting and informative book shows how different groups of urban residents with different social, economic, and political power cope with the urban environment, struggle to make a living, participate in communal institutions, and influence the direction of cities and urban life. An absorbing book, The Evolution of American Urban Society surveys the dynamics of American urbanization from the sixteenth century to the present, skillfully blending historical perspectives on society, economics, politics, and policy, and focusing on the ways in which diverse peoples have inhabited and interacted in cities. Key topics: Broad coverage includes: the Colonial Age, commercialization and urban expansion, life in the walking city, industrialization, newcomers, city politics, the social and physical environment, the 1920s and 1930s, the growth of suburbanization, and the future of modern cities. Market: An interesting and necessary read for anyone involved in urban sociology, including urban planners, city managers, and those in the urban political arena.
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INDEX
- Abolition of slavery 70
- Abu-Lughod, Janet 226
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) 230–31, 248, 252
- Adams, John Wolcott 7, 27
- Adams, Sam 26
- Addams, Jane 148–49
- Advertising 167, 169
- AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) 210
- Afghanistan 253
- AFL (American Federation of Labor) 203
- Africa Insurance Company 59
- African Americans
- African references and 59
- after World War II 197–98
- black independence 172
- boarders 117–18
- cities 27, 159, 173, 243
- civil rights protests 207
- commercial amusements 95
- community 112
- culture 19
- Democratic Party 184
- education 21
- established areas of 198
- factory work 111
- female reformers 150
- gentrification 241
- ghettos 111
- Great Migration 111
- harassment 111
- homeownership 198, 237
- housing 114, 197–98
- leaders 211
- lower class 17
- manufacturing jobs 209
- mayors 211
- menial jobs 111
- migrants 117
- migration 159, 172, 190–91
- motion pictures 169
- Nation of Islam (Black Muslims) 209
- Northern cities 159, 210
- Philadelphia 59
- political representation 244
- poverty neighborhoods 237
- predominantly black neighborhoods 111
- protests and urban politics 211
- public housing 206
- public transportation 164
- race riots 171–72
- racial justice 207–09, 211
- r...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Urban Expansion in the New Nation, 1783–1860
- Life in the Walking City, 1820–1865
- Industrialization and the Changing Shape of the City, 1865–1920
- Newcomers and the Urban Core, 1865–1920
- Bosses and Reformers, 1870–1920
- The Metropolis through Boom and Bust: 1920–1941
- The Emerging “Urban Crisis,” 1941–1975
- The Postindustrial Metropolis, 1975 to 2001
- The Insecurity of Urban Life, 2001–Present
- Index