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History of Urban America (1967) Goldfield, David R. and Blaine A. Brownell. Urban America: A History(2nd ed. 1990) Goldfield, David R. ed. Encyclopedia of American Urban History (2 vol Sage, 2007); comprehensive coverage; 1056 pp; Kirkland, Edward C. Industry Comes of Age, Business, Labor, and Public Policy 1860-1897 (1961) esp 237-61 online
Urban history is a field of history that examines the historical nature of cities and towns, and the process of urbanization. The approach is often multidisciplinary, crossing boundaries into fields like social history, architectural history, urban sociology, urban geography, business history, and archaeology. Urbanization and industrialization ...
The urbanization of the United States occurred over a period of many years, with the nation only attaining urban-majority status between 1910 and 1920. [2] Currently, over four-fifths of the U.S. population resides in urban areas, a percentage which is still increasing today. [2] The United States Census Bureau changed its classification and ...
History of urban planning. Urban planning is a technical and political process concerned with the use of land and design of the urban environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas such as transportation and distribution networks. The history of urban planning runs parallel to the history of the ...
Followed by. The Economy of Cities. The Death and Life of Great American Cities is a 1961 book by writer and activist Jane Jacobs. The book is a critique of 1950s urban planning policy, which it holds responsible for the decline of many city neighborhoods in the United States. [1] The book is Jacobs' best-known and most influential work.
Borchert's epochs refer to five distinct periods in the history of American urbanization and are also known as Borchert's model of urban evolution. Each epoch is characterized by the impact of a particular transport technology on the creation and differential rates of growth of American cities. This model was conceptualized by University of ...
Born. (1944-12-03) 3 December 1944 (age 79) Spouse. Margery Post Abbott [1] Website. The Urban West. Carl Abbott (born December 3, 1944) is an American historian and urbanist, specialising in the related fields of urban history, western American history, urban planning, and science fiction, [2] and is a frequent speaker to local community groups.
F574.D49 N4835 2005. The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit is the first book by historian and Detroit native Thomas J. Sugrue in which he examines the role race, housing, job discrimination, and capital flight played in the decline of Detroit. Sugrue argues that the decline of Detroit began long before the 1967 ...