American Urbanism: A Historiographical Review

by Howard Gillette, Zane Miller

Overview

One of the major growth fields of the past quarter century, American urban history has generated a rich and diverse literature spanning a number of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. In this time of transition, historians and practitioners alike can benefit greatly from assessing the contributions of the field. This valuable reference work takes a critical approach to existing literature. Dealing with various related avenues of the field which have not always been closely linked together, these essays provide a basis for new synthesis and reinterpretation, as well as for judgment about the lasting effects of the American urban experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313249679
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/19/1987
Series:	Contributions in American History , #12
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d)
Lexile:	1660L (what's this?)

About the Author

HOWARD GILLETTE, JR., is Professor of American Civilization and Director of the American Studies Program at George Washington University.

ZANE L. MILLER is Professor of History and Co-Director of the Center for Neighborhood and Community Studies at the University of Cincinnati.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Howard Gillette, Jr., and Zane L. Miller
Back to the Present: Historians' Treatment of the City as a Social System During the Reign of the Idea of Community by Alan I. Marcus
The City in American Culture by Howard Gillette, Jr.
From Culture to Cuisine: Twentieth Century Views of Race and Ethnicity in the City by Andrea Tuttle Kornbluh
Work and the Workplace in the City by Leonard Wallock
New Life for an Old Subject: Investigating the Structure of Urban Rule by Jon C. Teaford
From Waterfront to Metropolitan Region: The Geographical Development of American Cities by Edward K. Muller
Design, Process, and Institutions: Planning in Urban History by Eugene Ladner Birch
Architecture and the City by Richard Longstreth
Patterns in the Development of the Urban Infrastructure by Joel A. Tarr and Josef W. Konvitz
Re-Reading Suburban America: Urban Population Deconcentration, 1810-1980 by Michael H. Ebner
The Suburban Mosiac: Patterns of Land Use, Class, and Culture by Carol A. O'Connor
The Neighborhood-City Relationship by Patricia Mooney Melvin
Frontiers and Sections: Cities and Regions in American Growth by Carl Abbott
Doing Local History: Monographic Approaches to the Smaller Community by Robert R. Dykstra and William Silag
Bibliography
Index