{"product_id":"9780882952475","title":"Urban America in the Modern Age 1920 to the Present","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe American History Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eUrban America in the Modern Age\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003e1920 to the Present\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCarl Abbott\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ United States \/ 20th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince the appearance of Urban America in the Modern Age in 1987, the study of American cities has flourished. In this long-awaited second edition, Carl Abbott draws on the recent works of historians who have explored issues of urban growth, municipal politics, immigration and ethnicity, “suburbanization,” and environmental change. The fascination with growth and change in the nation’s metropolitan areas spans a wide range of scholarly fields, and the new edition also benefits from scholarship in disciplines closely related to urban history, including geography, political science, sociology, and urban planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeaturing an entirely new chapter covering the years since 1980 and a bank of interesting photographs, the second edition of Urban America in the Modern Age further explores and fine-tunes the themes and topics central to its predecessor—the physical form of metropolitan areas, their sources of growth and mix of ethnic and racial groups, the shaping of and responses to public policy, and ideas of community planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegionally balanced—with examples from New York, Boston, and Chicago, as well as Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, San Antonio, Miami, Charlotte, Washington, Detroit, and Cleveland—the second edition of Urban America in the Modern Age makes ideal supplementary reading for courses in Urban History, twentieth-century America, as well as the second half of the U.S. survey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Abbott\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University. His most recent books \u003ci\u003eare Frontiers Past and Future: Science Fiction and the American West\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Greater Portland: Urban\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLife and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e. Among earlier books, both \u003ci\u003eThe Metropolitan Frontier: Cities\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ein the Modern American West \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePolitical Terrain: Washington, D.C. from Tidewater Town in Global\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/i\u003e have won national awards. His research interests center on the history of city planning and the relationships between urban growth and regional change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 December 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780882952475\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378629013644,"sku":"9780882952475","price":24.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780882952475.jpg?v=1780240334","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780882952475","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}