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Tables of Contents for Urban Society
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
To the Reader
iv
Topic Guide
xii
Selected World Wide Web Sites
xiv
UNIT 1 The Urban Frame
Unit Overview
xvi
Fear of the City, 1783 to 1983
2
6
Alfred Kazin
The Man Who Loved Cities
8
4
Nathan Glazer
The Death and Life of America's Cities
12
10
Fred Siegel
UNIT 2 Sprawl: Challenges to the Metropolitan Landscape
Unit Overview
20
2
Patio Man and the Sprawl People
22
7
David Brooks
Is Regional Government the Answer?
29
5
Fred Siegel
Downtown Struggles While Neighbor Thrives
34
2
Michael Brick
Unscrambling the City
36
5
Christopher Swope
Are Europe's Cities Better?
41
7
Pietro S. Nivola
UNIT 3 Urban Economies
Unit Overview
46
2
The Rise of the Creative Class
48
8
Richard Florida
Too Much Froth
56
2
Joel Kotkin
Fred Siegel
As Cities Move to Privatize Water, Atlanta Steps Back
58
2
Douglas Jehl
Packaging Cities
60
3
Rebecca Gardyn
Urban Warfare: American Cities Compete for Talent, and the Winners Take All
63
7
Blaine Harden
UNIT 4 Urban Revival
Unit Overview
68
2
Part A. Financing and Costs
Financing Urban Revitalization
70
4
Beth Mattson-Teig
Ground Zero in Urban Decline
74
7
Sam Staley
Return to Center
81
3
Christopher D. Ringwald
Part B. Downtown Renaissance: Culture, Tourism, and Education
New Village on Campus
84
4
John Handley
The Fall and Rise of Bryant Park
88
2
Julia Vitullo-Martin
Culture Club
90
8
Mike Sheridan
Midwestern Momentum
Beth Mattson-Teig
Part C. Immigration
Saving Buffalo From Extinction
98
4
David Blake
Movers & Shakers
102
8
Joel Kotkin
UNIT 5 Urban Politics and Policies
Unit Overview
108
2
Mayors and Morality: Daley and Lindsay Then and Now
110
5
Fred Siegel
Beyond Safe and Clean
115
5
Bridget Maley
Cathleen Malmstrom
Kellie Phipps
Bloomberg So Far
120
3
Fred Siegel
Harry Siegel
Brain-Gain Cities Attract Educated Young
123
5
Blain Harden
UNIT 6 Regentrification and Urban Neighborhoods
Unit Overview
126
2
Part A. On Gentrification
The Gentry, Misjudged as Neighbors
128
2
John Tierney
The Essence of Uptown
130
3
A. T. Palmer
Windows Not Broken
133
4
Harry Siegel
Amid Office Shuffle in San Francisco, Bohemian Rhapsody
137
2
Nick Wingfield
Rocking-Chair Revival
139
3
Leslie Mann
The Geography of Cool, The Economist, April 15, 2000
142
2
The Best of Mates
144
4
Andy Beckett
UNIT 7 Urban Problems: Crime, Education, and Poverty
Unit Overview
146
2
Broken Windows
148
7
James Q. Wilson
George L. Kelling
How an Idea Drew People Back to Urban Life
155
2
James Q. Wilson
Murder Mystery
157
4
John Buntin
Crossing the Line
161
6
Sasha Abramsky
Segregation in New York Under a Different Name
167
2
J. P. Avlon
In New York City, Fewer Find They Can Make It
169
3
Michael Powell
Chief Bratton Takes on L.A.
172
8
Heather Mac Donald
Police Line---Do Cross
180
5
Bob Roberts
An Inner-City Renaissance
185
3
Aaron Bernstein
The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Public Housing
188
4
Harry Siegel
UNIT 8 Urban Futures: Cities After September 11, 2001
Unit Overview
190
2
Time to Think Small?
192
4
Joel Kotkin
A View From the South
196
4
John Shelton Reed
Model Cities; What New York Can Learn from the Economic Recoveries in Houston and L.A.
200
3
Joel Kotkin
Index
203
3
Test Your Knowledge Form
206
1
Article Rating Form
207