The Ever-Changing American City: 1945-Present

by John F. Bauman, Kristin Szylvian, Roger Biles, et al.

Book Overview

The Ever-Changing American City seeks to help readers understand the marked changes since 1945 in what constitutes a city in the United States and who lives and works in them. The story of the postwar American city is not a simple tale of decline and rebirth. Nor is it a straightforward account of the struggle between the central business district and the suburbs on the urban periphery. In the decades that followed World War II, the cityscape was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442201827
• ISBN13: 9781442201828
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"