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Midwestern History and Culture Ser.: Cities of the Heartland : The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Midwest by Jon C. Teaford (1993, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherIndiana University Press
ISBN-100253209145
ISBN-139780253209146
eBay Product ID (ePID)54693
Product Key Features
Number of Pages300 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCities of the Heartland : the Rise and Fall of the Industrial MidWest
SubjectUnited States / General, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year1993
TypeTextbook
AuthorJon C. Teaford
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
SeriesMidwestern History and Culture Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight16.7 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN92-019931
Dewey Edition20
ReviewsThis is the best available study of midwestern cities of the US from the 1830s to the 1980s. . . . Combined with the author's clear writing style and keen insight on how cities actually work, the result is an attractive synthesis that will find its way onto many syllabi." Choice Recommended for all who want to learn about the origins of the contemporary urban crisis." Library Journal . . . well-written, clearly organized, thoroughly researched and informative." Cities . . . Cities of the Heartland is the best history of the urban Midwest available today. It synthesizes earlier works with much new primary research to offer a descriptive and interpretive survey that is readable and quite comprehensive." Michigan Historical Review
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal307.76/0978
Table Of ContentThe Urban Heartland 1. Creating the Urban Network 2. The Emerging Center of Urban America 3. Skyscrapers, Symphonies, and Ballparks: The Changing Physical and Cultural Complexion of the City 4. Automobiles and Reform: The Midwest Lead the Nation 5. In the Cultural Vanguard 6. After the Heyday 7. The Making of the Rust Belt After Two Centuries Notes Index
SynopsisSoon, however, emerging Sunbelt cities began to rob such cities as Cincinnati, Saint Louis, and Chicago of their distinction as boom areas, foreshadowing urban crisis., "Recommended for all who want to learn about the origins of the contemporary urban crisis." --Library Journal Teaford writes a definitive history of the transformation of "America's heartland" into the "Rust Belt," chronicling the development of the cities of the industrial Midwest as they challenged the urban supremacy of the East, from their heyday to the trying times of the 1970s and '80s. The early part of this century brought wealth and promise to the heartland: automobile production made Detroit a boomtown, and automobile-related industries enriched communities; Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School of architects asserted the Midwest's aesthetic independence; Sherwood Anderson and Carl Sandburg established Chicago as a literary mecca; Jane Addams made the Illinois metropolis an urban laboratory for experiments in social justice. Soon, however, emerging Sunbelt cities began to rob such cities as Cincinnati, Saint Louis, and Chicago of their distinction as boom areas, foreshadowing urban crisis.
