| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 333 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Urban Life, Landscape and Policy Ser |
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Urban life, landscape, and policy.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Downtown Politics after World War II -- 1. St. Louis, Stan "The Man" Musial, and the Politics of Destruction -- 2. Arthur Rubloff and the Grinding Politics of Renewal in Chicago, 1947-1986 -- 3. William L. Rafsky and the Greater Philadelphia Movement, 1951-1985 -- 4. Albert E. Cobo's Detroit, Ernest J. Bohn's Cleveland, and Expressway Politics -- Part II. Refashioning the American City, 1970-2000 -- 5. George V. Voinovich and the Pursuit of Business in Cleveland -- 6. Coleman Young and Gambling on Detroit |
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7. Florence Scala, Mel Ravitz, and the People Left Behind in Five U.S. Cities -- Part III. Downtown's Continuing Allure, 2000-2020 -- 8. Richard M. Daley and Chicago's Thriving Downtown -- 9. Big-City Hospitals: From Urban Renewal to the Next Growth Machine -- 10. "Gilbertville," "Ilitchville," and the Redevelopment of Detroit -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
"This book looks at the politics of downtown business promotion as an urban renewal strategy from the end of World War II to the present, with a focus on five case cities: Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and Cleveland"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Urban renewal -- United States -- History -- Case studies
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Urban policy -- United States -- Case studies
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Central business districts -- United States -- History -- Case studies
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Industrial promotion -- United States -- Case studies
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Shrinking cities -- Political aspects -- United States
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Central business districts
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Industrial promotion
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Urban policy
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Urban renewal
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rose, Mark H., 1942- author.
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| ISBN |
1439920834 |
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9781439920831 |
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