Title & Author:

The Metropolitan enigma; inquiries into the nature and dimensions of America's urban crisis. Edited by James Q. Wilson.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1968.

Description:

x, 392 pages illustrations 25 cm

Series:

A publication of the Joint Center for Urban studies

Notes:
"A publication of the Joint Center for Urban Studies."
"A revised and expanded version of a book that was first published [1966] ... by the Task Force on Economic Growth and Opportunity of the United States Chamber of Commerce."
"A publication of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University."--Half-title.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface / James Q. Wilson -- Foreword / Carl H. Madden -- The Distribution and movement of jobs and industry / John F. Kain -- Urban transportation / John R. Meyer -- Financing urban government / Dick Netzer -- Pollution and cities / Roger Revelle -- Race and migration to the American city / Charles Tilly -- Housing and national urban goals : old policies and new realities / Bernard J. Frieden -- Design and urban beauty in the central city / John Burchard -- Urban crime / Marvin E. Wolfgang -- Rioting mainly for fun and profit / Edward C. Banfield -- The Schools in the city / Theodore R. Sizer -- Poverty in cities / Daniel P. Moynihan -- Urban problems in perspective / James Q. Wilson.
Also issued online.

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ISBN:

0674572505
9780674572508
0196265002
9780196265001

Subject:

Cities and towns United States.
Cities and towns Social aspects United States.
Villes États-Unis.
Villes Aspect social États-Unis.
Social conditions
Cities and towns Social aspects
Cities and towns
United States Social conditions.
États-Unis Conditions sociales.
United States

Form/genre:

Legislation
Statutes and codes
Lois et codes.

Added entries:

Wilson, James Q., editor.
Wilson, James Q.
Joint Center for Urban Studies.
Joint Center for Urban Studies. Publications.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 144095
Call No.: 10010 A1324; ID:87-B18587
Status: Available