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9780374269937 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 8, 2015, cover price $27.00
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9780374536404 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 13, 2016, cover price $16.00
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9780865478312 | N + 1 Research, May 12, 2015, cover price $18.00
The history of the American city is, in many ways, the history of the United States. Although rural traditions have also left their impact on the country, cities and urban living have been vital components of America for centuries, and an understanding of the urban experience is essential to comprehending Americaâs past. Americaâs Urban History is an engaging and accessible overview of the life of American cities, from Native American settlements before the arrival of Europeans to the present-day landscape of suburban sprawl, urban renewal, and a heavily urbanized population. The book provides readers with a rich chronological and thematic narrative, covering themes including: The role of cities in the European settlement of North America Cities and westward expansion Social reform in the industrialized cities The impact of the New Deal The growth of the suburbs The relationships between urban forms and social issues of race, class, and gender Covering the evolving story of the American city with depth and insight, America's Urban History will be the first stop for all those seeking to explore the American urban experience.
Hardcover:
9780415537582 | Routledge, November 12, 2014, cover price $155.00 | About this edition: The history of the American city is, in many ways, the history of the United States.
Paperback:
9780415537605 | Routledge, November 13, 2014, cover price $49.95
Product Description: Youngtown, Arizona, opened in 1954 and was the first development community to have a minimum age requirement (then 65) and to ban underage children as permanent residents. Developer Del Webb unveiled Sun City six years later. Adjacent to Youngtown, it offered modest homes abutting a golf course...read more
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9780813036045 | Univ Pr of Florida, May 29, 2011, cover price $69.95 | About this edition: "A highly significant work that deserves the attention of urbanists, planners, sociologists of aging, and historians of post-1945 America.
Paperback:
9780813044484 | Reprint edition (Univ Pr of Florida, December 15, 2012), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Youngtown, Arizona, opened in 1954 and was the first development community to have a minimum age requirement (then 65) and to ban underage children as permanent residents.
Hardcover:
9780262017213 | Mit Pr, February 24, 2012, cover price $27.95
Paperback:
9780262525329 | 1 edition (Mit Pr, August 16, 2013), cover price $15.95
Product Description: 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...read more
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9781442201811 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, November 26, 2011, cover price $105.00 | About this edition: 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.
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9781442201828 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, November 17, 2011, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: 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.
Product Description: The revised and updated third edition of The Making of Urban America includes seven new articles and a richly detailed historiographical essay that discusses the vast urban history literature added to the canon since the publication of the second edition...read more
Hardcover:
9780742552340 | 3 edition (Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, November 23, 2011), cover price $105.00 | About this edition: The revised and updated third edition of The Making of Urban America includes seven new articles and a richly detailed historiographical essay that discusses the vast urban history literature added to the canon since the publication of the second edition.
Paperback:
9780742552357 | 3 edition (Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, November 23, 2011), cover price $55.00 | About this edition: The revised and updated third edition of The Making of Urban America includes seven new articles and a richly detailed historiographical essay that discusses the vast urban history literature added to the canon since the publication of the second edition.
Hardcover:
9780872899117 | Cq Pr, April 19, 2011, cover price $200.00
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9781428815179 | 5th edition (Academic Internet Pub Inc, December 31, 2006), cover price $28.95
9780131898240 | 6 edition (Taylor & Francis, July 9, 2004), cover price $83.80
9780130115812 | Taylor & Francis, July 1, 1999, cover price $58.00
9780136690450 | 4 sub edition (Taylor & Francis, January 1, 1994), cover price $51.00
9780132936897 | 3 sub edition (Taylor & Francis, January 1, 1988), cover price $37.80
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9780877221036 | Temple Univ Pr, December 1, 1977, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Book by Fries, Sylvia D.
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