Annual Editions: Urban Society, 12/e

by Siegel, Fred; Siegel, Harry

• ISBN13: 9780073012612
• ISBN10: 0073012610
• Edition: 12th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-10
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Summary

This informative anthology provides convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current, carefully selected articles from some of the most respected newspapers, magazines, and journals published today. Additional support can be found at our student website, Dushkin Online, (www.dushkin.com/online/).

Table of Contents

To the Reader	iv
Topic Guide	xii
Selected World Wide Web Sites	xiv
UNIT 1 The Urban Frame
Unit Overview	xvi
Fear of the City, 1783 to 1983	2	(6)
Alfred Kazin
The Man Who Loved Cities	8	(4)
Nathan Glazer
The Death and Life of America's Cities	12	(10)
Fred Siegel
UNIT 2 Sprawl: Challenges to the Metropolitan Landscape
Unit Overview	20	(2)
Patio Man and the Sprawl People	22	(7)
David Brooks
Is Regional Government the Answer?	29	(5)
Fred Siegel
Downtown Struggles While Neighbor Thrives	34	(2)
Michael Brick
Unscrambling the City	36	(5)
Christopher Swope
Are Europe's Cities Better?	41	(7)
Pietro S. Nivola
UNIT 3 Urban Economies
Unit Overview	46	(2)
The Rise of the Creative Class	48	(8)
Richard Florida
Too Much Froth	56	(2)
Joel Kotkin
Fred Siegel
As Cities Move to Privatize Water, Atlanta Steps Back	58	(2)
Douglas Jehl
Packaging Cities	60	(3)
Rebecca Gardyn
Urban Warfare: American Cities Compete for Talent, and the Winners Take All	63	(7)
Blaine Harden
UNIT 4 Urban Revival
Unit Overview	68	(2)
Part A. Financing and Costs
Financing Urban Revitalization	70	(4)
Beth Mattson-Teig
Ground Zero in Urban Decline	74	(7)
Sam Staley
Return to Center	81	(3)
Christopher D. Ringwald
Part B. Downtown Renaissance: Culture, Tourism, and Education
New Village on Campus	84	(4)
John Handley
The Fall and Rise of Bryant Park	88	(2)
Julia Vitullo-Martin
Culture Club	90	(8)
Mike Sheridan
Midwestern Momentum
Beth Mattson-Teig
Part C. Immigration
Saving Buffalo From Extinction	98	(4)
David Blake
Movers & Shakers	102	(8)
Joel Kotkin
UNIT 5 Urban Politics and Policies
Unit Overview	108	(2)
Mayors and Morality: Daley and Lindsay Then and Now	110	(5)
Fred Siegel
Beyond Safe and Clean	115	(5)
Bridget Maley
Cathleen Malmstrom
Kellie Phipps
Bloomberg So Far	120	(3)
Fred Siegel
Harry Siegel
Brain-Gain Cities Attract Educated Young	123	(5)
Blain Harden
UNIT 6 Regentrification and Urban Neighborhoods
Unit Overview	126	(2)
Part A. On Gentrification
The Gentry, Misjudged as Neighbors	128	(2)
John Tierney
The Essence of Uptown	130	(3)
A. T. Palmer
Windows Not Broken	133	(4)
Harry Siegel
Amid Office Shuffle in San Francisco, Bohemian Rhapsody	137	(2)
Nick Wingfield
Rocking-Chair Revival	139	(3)
Leslie Mann
The Geography of Cool, The Economist, April 15, 2000	142	(2)
The Best of Mates	144	(4)
Andy Beckett
UNIT 7 Urban Problems: Crime, Education, and Poverty
Unit Overview	146	(2)
Broken Windows	148	(7)
James Q. Wilson
George L. Kelling
How an Idea Drew People Back to Urban Life	155	(2)
James Q. Wilson
Murder Mystery	157	(4)
John Buntin
Crossing the Line	161	(6)
Sasha Abramsky
Segregation in New York Under a Different Name	167	(2)
J. P. Avlon
In New York City, Fewer Find They Can Make It	169	(3)
Michael Powell
Chief Bratton Takes on L.A.	172	(8)
Heather Mac Donald
Police Line---Do Cross	180	(5)
Bob Roberts
An Inner-City Renaissance	185	(3)
Aaron Bernstein
The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Public Housing	188	(4)
Harry Siegel
UNIT 8 Urban Futures: Cities After September 11, 2001
Unit Overview	190	(2)
Time to Think Small?	192	(4)
Joel Kotkin
A View From the South	196	(4)
John Shelton Reed
Model Cities; What New York Can Learn from the Economic Recoveries in Houston and L.A.	200	(3)
Joel Kotkin
Index	203	(3)
Test Your Knowledge Form	206	(1)
Article Rating Form	207