Main entry:

Lemon, James T.

Title & Author:

Liberal dreams and nature's limits : great cities of North America since 1600 / James T. Lemon.

Publication:

Toronto ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Description:

x, 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-329) and index.
Ch. 1. Today's Stagnating Metropolises: Unravelling in Cyberspace? -- Ch. 2. Urban Influences: Persistent and Changing Forces Since 1600 -- Ch. 3. Franklin's Philadelphia in 1760: Fulfilling European Peasant Dreams -- Ch. 4. New York in the Ascendancy, 1860: Unheard of Riches and Squalor -- Ch. 5. Chicago, 1910: The Civic Moment and the New Middle Class -- Ch. 6. Los Angeles, 1950: The Working Class Thriving on Military Largesse -- Ch. 7. Toronto, 19975: The Alternative Future -- Ch. 8. Great Cities in North America: Their Past, Their Future.
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Summary:

To assess the present condition of cities, Liberal Dreams and Nature's Limits focuses on five large North American cities at various times in the past - Philadelphia (about 1760), New York (1860), Chicago (1910), Los Angeles (1950), and Toronto (1975). Life inside these cities - specifically the economy, society and politics, public services, land development, and the geographies of circulation, workplaces, and residential districts - is the central concern of this book. Another concern is drawing contrasts and similarities between the American and Canadian urban experiences.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0195407938 (paperback)
9780195407938 (paperback)

Subject:

Cities and towns North America History.
Villes Amérique du Nord Histoire.
Cities and towns.
Steden.
Stadssociologie.
North America.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 192574
Call No.: ID:97-B3660
Status: Available