Research Catalog

Title

New York, Chicago, Los Angeles : America's global cities / Janet L. Abu-Lughod.

Author

Abu-Lughod, Janet L.

Publication

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Details

Description

x, 580 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm

Subjects

• Agglomérations urbaines > États-Unis > Histoire > Cas, Études de
• Relations économiques internationales > Histoire
• Chicago (Ill.) > History
• International economic relations > History
• Los Angeles (Calif.) > Histoire
• Cities and towns > United States > History > Case studies
• Sociaal-economische verandering
• Chicago (Ill.) > Histoire
• Villes > États-Unis > Histoire > Cas, Études de
• New York (N.Y.) > History
• Metropolitan areas > United States > History > Case studies
• Los Angeles (Calif.) > History
• New York (N.Y.) > Histoire

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-553) and index.

Contents

First beginnings -- The first growth cycle to 1820 -- Developments between the 1820s and the 1870s -- The establishment of the triumvirate: from stock market crash (1873) to stock market crash (1929) -- New York solidifies its character -- Chicago become Fordist -- Los Angeles becomes "Anglo" -- From the depths of the depression to restructuring, 1930-70 -- A New York: a new deal -- Fordist Chicago: down but not quite out -- Los Angeles becomes industrial -- Restructuring the global economy: the three cities today -- The New York region: expanding, contracting, and restructuring -- Postapocalypse Chicago -- The Los Angeles region transformed -- Conclusions and a look to the future.

ISBN

• 0816633355 (hc.)
• 9780816633357 (hc.)
• 0816633363 (pb.)
• 9780816633364 (pb.)

LCCN

• 99020783
• 99954752819

OCLC

• 40990120
• ocm40990120

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries