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Voices of decline : the postwar fate of US cities
- Title
- Voices of decline : the postwar fate of US cities / Robert A. Beauregard.
- Author
- Beauregard, Robert A.
- Publication
- Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : B. Blackwell, 1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HT123 .B33 1993 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 342 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Framing the Discourse. 1. Themes and Texts. 2. Representing Urban Decline -- Prelude to Postwar Decline. 3. The Cities Wholesome and Good. 4. Not Those of Decadence -- Escalating Downward. 5. The Unhappy Process of Changing. 6. On the Verge of Catastrophe -- From One Crisis to the Next. 7. Every Problem a Racial Dimension. 8. Crisis of our Cities -- A Double Reversal of Fortunes. 9. Rising from the Ashes. 10. Not Excessively Inconvenienced -- Reading the Discourse. 11. Intersections, Displacements, Absences. 12. Legitimating the Siting of Decline.
- ISBN
- 1557864411 (acid-free paper)
- 155786442X (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 93022616
- OCLC
- 28148320
- ocm28148320
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries