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Author:

Teaford, Jon C., author.

Title:

The twentieth-century American city : problem, promise, and reality / Jon C. Teaford.

Edition:

Third edition.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

viii, 226 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Cities and towns--United States--History--20th century.
Urbanization--United States--History--20th century.
Cities and towns.
Urbanization.
United States.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Problem, promise, and reality -- The century begins, 1900-1919 -- Promises thwarted: the twenties -- An interlude in urban development, 1930-1945 -- Suburbia triumphant, 1945-1964 -- An age of "urban crisis," 1964-1979 -- Toward a new metropolis, 1980 and beyond -- The turn-of-the-century city.

ISBN:

1421420384
9781421420387

OCLC:

(OCoLC)928023921

LCCN:

2015041798

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)