| Description |
ix, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 274-291. |
| Contents |
1. Early urbanization and the dawn of civilization: Cities as a lure for intellectuals / Anne Paolucci -- Medieval city / Craig Fisher -- Italian Renaissance city: the city of man / Edward J. Manetta -- Preindustrial city: a view of the world we have lost / Frank J. Coppa -- 2. Industrialization and urbanization: the emergence of the modern city: Age of iron and steam: an overview of industrialization / Frank J. Coppa -- Industrialization and urbanization: European style / Frank J. Koppa -- Industrialization and the American city / Theodore P. Kovaleff -- Cities in Africa: the transition from tradition to industrial urban centers / Daniel R. Smith -- 3. Impact of urbanization in the United States: an American revolution in the making: A Problems of the asphalt environment: Transportation and the transformation of urban life / Jacob Sodden ; Modern plague: urban pollution / Richard Stalter ; Ecology and urban areas / Richard Stalter ; Darker side of urban life: slums in the city / Ronald H. Bayor ; Urban political bosses: a transitional necessity in the modern American city / Philip C. Dolce -- B. City of the mind: education, communications, and the urban image: Playing and watching in the Gilded Age: the beginnings of the modern era of sports in America / Richard Harmon ; Social impact of urban life: liberation or alienation? / William A. Osborne -- Impact of television: the communication of social disintegration / Winston Kirby -- Urban education: a study in institutional accommodation / Vincent Falzone -- Anti-urbanism in America / Philip C. Dolce -- C. Newcomers: intruders or invited guests?: Migration: the revolving door of urban America / William A. Osborne -- Xenophobia in America / Thomas J. Curran -- Transplanted Americans: immigrants in an urban world / Ronald H. Bayor -- Ethnicity in America's changing cities / Eugene Kusielewicz -- New York barrio: cultures in conflict / Robert A. Martinez -- Harlem: an urban ghetto and symbol of Black self-fulfillment / John Henrik Clarke. |
| Subject |
Cities and towns.
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Cities and towns. |
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Cities and towns -- United States.
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United States. |
| Added Author |
Dolce, Philip C.
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| ISBN |
0911012958 |
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9780911012958 |
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