The Twentieth-Century American City

by Jon C. Teaford

Book Overview

Modern cities embody America's successes and failures--while offering hope for the future.Throughout the twentieth century, the city was deemed a problematic space, one that Americans urgently needed... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801845513
• ISBN13: 9780801845512
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An insightful book for anyone

This book went through each decade and described how the times effected the development of the American City. There were numerous examples that painted a clear picture of what it was like to live during the time of prohibition, the depression, or the suburbanization of the 60's. Teaford makes the usually boring subject of history enjoyable!