{"product_id":"urban-america-in-the-modern-age-isbn-9780882952475","title":"Urban America in the Modern Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the appearance of Urban America in the Modern Age in 1987, the study of American cities has flourished. In this long-awaited second edition, Carl Abbott draws on the recent works of historians who have explored issues of urban growth, municipal politics, immigration and ethnicity, “suburbanization,” and environmental change. The fascination with growth and change in the nation’s metropolitan areas spans a wide range of scholarly fields, and the new edition also benefits from scholarship in disciplines closely related to urban history, including geography, political science, sociology, and urban planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeaturing an entirely new chapter covering the years since 1980 and a bank of interesting photographs, the second edition of Urban America in the Modern Age further explores and fine-tunes the themes and topics central to its predecessor—the physical form of metropolitan areas, their sources of growth and mix of ethnic and racial groups, the shaping of and responses to public policy, and ideas of community planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegionally balanced—with examples from New York, Boston, and Chicago, as well as Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, San Antonio, Miami, Charlotte, Washington, Detroit, and Cleveland—the second edition of Urban America in the Modern Age makes ideal supplementary reading for courses in Urban History, twentieth-century America, as well as the second half of the U.S. survey.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eForeword V\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface IX\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTRODUCTION: The Metropolitan Era 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER ONE: The First Modern Cities 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCore and Periphery\u003c\/i\u003e 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Climax of Immigration\u003c\/i\u003e 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Transition of Reform\u003c\/i\u003e 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking the African American Ghettos\u003c\/i\u003e 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModel T Suburbs\u003c\/i\u003e 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrban Survival in the Great Depression\u003c\/i\u003e 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity Problems and Possibilities\u003c\/i\u003e 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER TWO; Building and Rebuilding 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCities at War\u003c\/i\u003e 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Landscape of Prosperity\u003c\/i\u003e 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeighborhood Change and the Northward Movement\u003c\/i\u003e 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Growth\u003c\/i\u003e 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFederal Housing and Federal Highways\u003c\/i\u003e 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetropolitan Governments\u003c\/i\u003e 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvaluating the Great Cities\u003c\/i\u003e 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER THREE: A New Urban America 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscovering the Sunbelt\u003c\/i\u003e 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Americans\u003c\/i\u003e 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Exploded Metropolis\u003c\/i\u003e 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Urban Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Decline of Policy\u003c\/i\u003e 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vitality of the Everyday City\u003c\/i\u003e 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER FOUR: Prosperity and Poverty 134\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Age of Real Estate\u003c\/i\u003e 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntrepreneurial Cities\u003c\/i\u003e 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Cities\u003c\/i\u003e 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBack in the ‘Hood: Poverty and Place\u003c\/i\u003e 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlanning Compact Cities\u003c\/i\u003e 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOSTSCRIPT: The Promise of Urban Life 180\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhotographs follow page 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaps, Tables Diagrams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTABLE 1.1 Urbanization of the United States in the Twentieth Century 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTABLE 1.2 Metropolitan Population 1920—2000 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTABLE 1.3 Suburban Population 1920—2000 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMAP: Metropolitan Districts in 1930 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTABLE 1.1 Origins of European-Born Population of Twenty-five Large Cities, 1920 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMAP: San Francisco: Origin of Out-of-Town War Workers 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMAP: Racial Violence in Chicago, 1756—57 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMAP: Revitalizing Neighborhoods in Major Cities 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTABLE 4.1 Greatest Populations Giants \u0026amp; Losses, 1990—2000: Metropolitan Statistical Areas 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiagram: Old and New Neighborhood Patterns 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiagram : The Central City as Disneyland 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTABLE 4.2 Global Network Connectedness of U.S. Cities 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMAP: Ten Megalopolitan Areas and Their Interstate Highways 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTABLE P.1 Populations of Twelve Largest Metropolitan Areas, 1920 and 2000 181\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for the first edition:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Carl Abbott has produced a superb overview of modern US history, truly a state-of-the-art text... His mastery of fine detail and the variety and breadth of examples, drawn from a truly national cross-section of cities, are the most impressive features of the book.\" (\u003ci\u003eDesign Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Spring 1988)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eUrban America in the Modern Age\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinarily good short survey of modern unrban history; while directed toward the college classroom, it would make excellent reading for nonstudents as well.\" (\u003ci\u003eIndiana Magazine of History\u003c\/i\u003e, September 1988)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Abbott\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University. His most recent books \u003ci\u003eare Frontiers Past and Future: Science Fiction and the American West\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Greater Portland: Urban\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLife and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e. Among earlier books, both \u003ci\u003eThe Metropolitan Frontier: Cities\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ein the Modern American West \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePolitical Terrain: Washington, D.C. from Tidewater Town in Global\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/i\u003e have won national awards. His research interests center on the history of city planning and the relationships between urban growth and regional change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990439477477,"sku":"NP9780882952475","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780882952475.jpg?v=1761787833","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/urban-america-in-the-modern-age-isbn-9780882952475","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}