Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-553) and index.
Contents
First beginnings -- The first growth cycle to 1820 -- Developments between the 1820s and the 1870s -- The establishment of the triumvirate: from stock market crash (1873) to stock market crash (1929) -- New York solidifies its character -- Chicago become Fordist -- Los Angeles becomes "Anglo" -- From the depths of the depression to restructuring, 1930-70 -- A New York: a new deal -- Fordist Chicago: down but not quite out -- Los Angeles becomes industrial -- Restructuring the global economy: the three cities today -- The New York region: expanding, contracting, and restructuring -- Postapocalypse Chicago -- The Los Angeles region transformed -- Conclusions and a look to the future.
