| Description |
xv, 397 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
The Daedalus library
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Daedalus library.
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| Note |
"The essays in this book appeared in the Fall 1968 issue of Daedalus." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Traditional city in transition: Post-city age / Melvin M. Webber -- City as an element in the international system / Kenneth E. Boulding -- Remaking the urban scene: new youth in an old environment / John R. Seeley -- pt. 2. Processes and goals for change: Eight goals for an urbanizing America / Lyle C. Fitch -- Urban process / Edmund N. Bacon -- On coping with complexity: planning and politics / Donald N. Michael -- Political leadership and social change in American cities / Alexander L. George -- Managerial innovation and the cities / Franklin A. Lindsay -- Why government cannot solve the urban problem / Edward C. Banfield -- pt. 3. New functions in urban communities: Worker and work in the metropolis / Peter F. Drucker -- Service society / Adam Yarmolinsky -- Where learning happens / Stephen Carr and Kevin Lynch -- Education in cities / James S. Coleman -- Metropolis as a transaction-maximizing system / Richard L. Meier -- pt. 4. Ways out of the ghetto: Like it is in the alley / Robert Coles -- Alternative futures for the American ghetto / Anthony Downs -- Urban violence and urban strategies / Richard E. Rubenstein -- Liberal approach: its weaknesses and its strengths / Michael Young -- Negro American and his city: person in place in culture / Max Lerner -- pt. 5. Urban policy: Urban policy: reforming reform / Martin Meyerson. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- United States.
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Cities and towns. |
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United States. |
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Villes -- États-Unis. |
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