The Evolution of American Urban Society: CourseSmart eTextbook - Softcover

Chudacoff, Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130115819 ISBN 13: 9780130115812

Verlag: Routledge, 2000

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Surveying American urbanization from the sixteenth century to the present, this well-rounded and well-written book blends social, political, economic, and cultural history perspectives to shed light on the ways in which diverse peoples have inhabited and interacted in cities. KEY TOPICS: Highlights urbanization's constantly shifting nature, weaving insightful discussions throughout on adapting, and coping between people, the environment that they build, and the power structures that affect their lives. Includes discussions on ethnic and racial minority issues, women, African-Americans, Civil War, urban politics, boss politics and reform, and much more. Features exceptional illustrations throughout plus a fully annotated bibliography, and now covers social history, cultural history and government policy up to the end of the 20th century. MARKET: For urban planners, historians, economists, and sociologists.

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Surveying American urbanization from the sixteenth century to the present, this well-rounded and well-written book blends social, political, economic, and cultural history perspectives to shed light on the ways in which diverse peoples have inhabited and interacted in cities. KEY TOPICS: Highlights urbanization's constantly shifting nature—weaving insightful discussions throughout on adapting, and coping between people, the environment that they build, and the power structures that affect their lives. Includes discussions on ethnic and racial minority issues, women, African-Americans, Civil War, urban politics, boss politics and reform, and much more. Features exceptional illustrations throughout plus a fully annotated bibliography, and now covers social history, cultural history and government policy up to the end of the 20th century. MARKET: For urban planners, historians, economists, and sociologists.          

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For undergraduate courses on Urban History, Urban Economics, Urban Sociology, Urban Planning, Social History, Urban Studies, and Urban Politics. Helping students understand the historical issues underlying the society in which they live, this absorbing text 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. Examining opposing centripetal and centrifugal forces in urbanization, it tackles sensitive ethnic and racial minority issues, offers multiple perspectives on women, and highlights urbanization's constantly shifting nature-weaving insightful discussions throughout on adapting, and coping between people, the environment that they build, and the power structures that affect their lives.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0130115819
• ISBN 13: 9780130115812
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 5
• Anzahl der Seiten: 337
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar