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The Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization in America, 1940-1985 Paperback - 1990
by Teaford, Jon C
- New
- Paperback
A history professor at Purdue explores the fascinating topic of urbanization in America from 1940 to 1985.
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Details
- Title The Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization in America, 1940-1985
- Author Teaford, Jon C
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Illustrated
- Condition New
- Pages 408
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, Baltimore
- Date 1990
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # __0801841348
- ISBN 9780801841347 / 0801841348
- Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
- Dimensions 9.07 x 6.05 x 1.09 in (23.04 x 15.37 x 2.77 cm)
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Library of Congress subjects Inner cities - United States - History -, Urban renewal - United States - History -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 89-49001
- Dewey Decimal Code 307.341
From the rear cover
In the early fifties, Teaford explains, big cities were planning for a bright future. Crosstown highways, low-income highrises, and vigorous demolition drastically altered the urban landscape and confidently anticipated new development. But the automobile culture was already derailing urban renewal as city dwellers sought the good life in the suburbs. By the late sixties, rising crime, racial tension, labor militancy, and a wave of abandonment seemed to offer further evidence of impending urban demise. Yet in the 1980s, "messiah mayors" and visionary planners boosted the hopes and morale of urban residents. Once again there was talk of renaissance, but beneath the facade of revival serious problems persisted. In "The Rough Road to Renaissance", Jon Teaford tells a story that residents of Boston, Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, St. Louis, and other famous urban centers will recognize-- a story that is still being written.