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1 online resource (409 pages) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Maps -- Editor's Introduction -- Preface -- Introduction: Themes and Theses -- Part 1 Reconstitution, Building Civic Capital, Economic Renewal -- 1 The Civil Community and Its Governance -- 2 The Internal Dynamics of the Cities of the Prairie -- 3 The Cities and Their Environment -- 4 Civil Community, Government, and the New Frontier -- 5 The Cities of the Prairie in Cyberspace -- 6 New Departures -- Part 2 Northeastern Illinois and Chicagoland -- 7 The Rockford Civil Community: New Kid in the Northeastern Bloc -- 8 The Joliet Civil Community: A Buckle on the Rustbelt -- Part 3 Central Illinois: The Grand Prairie -- 9 The Peoria Civil Community: Recession and Recovery in the Illinois Valley -- 10 Champaign-Urbana: Prosperity on the Prairie -- 11 Decatur: Agribusiness in a Cybernetic Age -- 12 Springfield: Capital Prospering -- Part 4 Western Illinois: North and South -- 13 The Southwestern Illinois Metropolitan Region -- 14 The Quad Cities: The "State of Scott" and Illinois' Northwest -- Part 5 Across the Mississippi -- 15 The Duluth Civil Community: The End of a Long Depression? -- 16 Pueblo, Colorado: Modernization and the Mobilization of Public Capital: 1967-1997 -- Part 6 A Summation -- 17 Building Civil Community on the Cybernetic Frontier -- Conclusion: Citizenship and Public in Metropolitan America -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Metropolitan government -- Middle West -- Longitudinal studies
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Metropolitan areas -- Middle West -- Longitudinal studies
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Municipal government -- Middle West -- Longitudinal studies
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Cities and towns -- Middle West -- Longitudinal studies
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Urbanization -- Middle West -- Longitudinal studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Cities and towns
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Metropolitan areas
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Metropolitan government
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Municipal government
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Urbanization
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Middle West
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| Genre/Form |
Longitudinal studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schechter, Stephen L
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Rothman, Rozanne
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Stein, Maren Allan
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Nollenberger, Karl
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Marbach, Joseph R
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| ISBN |
9781351323345 |
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1351323342 |
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