Main entry:

Siegel, Frederick F., 1945-2023.

Title & Author:

The future once happened here : New York, D.C., L.A., and the fate of America's big cities / Fred Siegel.

Publication:

New York : Free Press, ©1997.

Description:

xii, 260 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
The riot ideology -- New York. The New Deal city ; The Ocean Hill-Brownsville Kulturkampf, or the immigrant option rejected ; The welfare explosion : a case of malign intentions -- The District of Columbia. SNCC in power ; The Great Society city ; Marion builds his machine ; D.C. denouement -- Los Angeles. The capitalist dynamo ; Police politics ; The centrifugal city ; Reconquista? ; Secession? -- Back to the future. The moral deregulation of public space ; The politics of public order ; Mining for fool's gold : New York's make-work economy ; The Rudy deal ; After the revolution ; By way of conclusion (to an ongoing story).

Summary:

Assesses the state of America's largest cities and traces the changes of the past two decades, identifying new initiatives that spell progress.
"In The Future Once Happened Here, Fred Siegel tells the beguiling story of America's three most influential cities, New York, Washington, and Los Angeles. Amplified by their place as media capitals and nerve centers of American liberalism, these three cities have shaped how Americans view urban life. Big-city America, once celebrated for its ability to incorporate immigrants and other newcomers, faltered in the face of redressing three hundred years of racial oppression and the destabilizing impact of the 1960s riots. New York, Washington, and Los Angeles were each caught in the vortex of social policies created in the '60's and '70's and each suffered the consequences. Nevertheless, these three cities tell a complex story in which decline is not a foregone conclusion."--Book jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

0684827476
9780684827476

Subject:

Urban policy New York (State) New York.
Urban policy Washington (D.C.)
Urban policy California Los Angeles.
Urban policy United States.
Politique urbaine New York (État) New York.
Politique urbaine Washington (D.C.)
Politique urbaine Californie Los Angeles.
Politique urbaine États-Unis.
Urban policy
Sociale problemen.
Politieke kwesties.
California Los Angeles
New York (State) New York
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Los Angeles, Calif.
New York, NY
Washington, DC
New York (N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 192653
Call No.: ID HN80.N5.S54; ID:97-B3734
Status: Available