Introduction. The City and Its Region -- Part I. The Steel Valley. Building the Region ; Mines and Mills ; The Pittsburgh Story -- Part II. A Region of Contrasts. Live on the Hills and Work in the City ; We're Appalachia, But We Don't Need to Be ; The New Metropolis of the Plateau ; No Development Beyond This Point -- Part III. Post-Industrial Pittsburgh. Rust Belt and Roboburgh ; Burbs of the 'Burgh ; Rivers of Steel
Summary
Beyond Rust is among the first books of its kind to continue past the collapse of American manufacturing in the 1980s by exploring the diverse ways residents of an iconic industrial region sought places for themselves within a new economic order
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-334) and index
