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Author Safford, Sean, 1972-

Title Why the garden club couldn't save Youngstown : the transformation of the Rust Belt / Sean Safford.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HC108.Y68 S34 2009    Available  ---
Description 212 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-201) and index.
Contents Cities that worked -- The empirical puzzle : the postindustrial divergence of Allentown and Youngstown -- Historical antecedents : the divergence of social structures, 1743-1945 -- Two critical choices : invoking social structure in crises -- How Allentown got its groove back : rebuilding social infrastructure in the wake of economic crisis -- Conclusions and implications.
Subject Youngstown (Ohio) -- Economic conditions.
Allentown (Pa.) -- Economic conditions.
Industries -- Ohio -- Youngstown.
Industries.
Ohio -- Youngstown.
Industries -- Pennsylvania -- Allentown.
Pennsylvania -- Allentown.
Deindustrialization -- Ohio -- Youngstown -- History.
Deindustrialization.
History.
ISBN 9780674031760 alkaline paper
0674031768 alkaline paper