Urban Policy in Twentieth-Century America

by Arnold R. Hirsch

Book Overview

The recent riots in Los Angeles brought the urban crisis back to the center of public policy debates in Washington, D.C., and in urban areas throughout the United States. The contributors to this volume examine the major policy issues--race, housing, transportation, poverty, the changing environment, the effects of the global economy--confronting contemporary American cities. Raymond A. Mohl begins with an extended discussion of the origins, evolution,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813519063
• ISBN13: 9780813519067
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.