America's undeclared war : what's killing our cities and how to stop it / Daniel Lazare.

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Lazare, Daniel.

Title & Author:

America's undeclared war : what's killing our cities and how to stop it / Daniel Lazare.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

xiv, 353 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-341) and index.
Introduction: America the Paradoxical -- The City, the Individual, and the Nation -- The First Urban Crisis -- The Second Urban Crisis -- The Gathering Assault -- Fordism -- The Urban Wave Crests and Crashes -- The Antisocial Society -- The Third Urban Crisis -- Internationalization -- The Solution.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Discusses America's retreat from the cities, back to Thomas Jeferson's vision of an agrarian utopia, and the economic and social consequences at the beginning of a new millennium.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0151005524
9780151005529

Subject:

Suburbs United States.
Suburbs Economic aspects United States.
Inner cities United States.
Banlieues États-Unis.
Banlieues Aspect économique États-Unis.
Centres-villes États-Unis.
Inner cities.
Suburbs.
Suburbs Economic aspects.
United States.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 221025
Call No.: HT352.U6 L39 2001
Status: Available

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