The American Metropolis

Examining the rise and influence of the American metropolis, this book analyzes the development, location, and images of the city. It details the problems and challenges of metropolises and explores literature influenced by American urban life.

Susan Clarke is Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado Dirk De Meyer is Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Ghent, Belgium Bart Eeckhout is Assistant Professor of English and American Literature at the University of Ghent, Belgium Eugene van Erven is Associate Professor of American Literature at Utrecht University, the Netherlands Pavel Frelik is a Junior Lecturer in the Department of American Literature and Culture at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland Ellen Garvey is Professor of English and Women's Studies at New Jersey City University James Gilbert is Professor of History at the University of Maryland Timothy Gilfoyle is Associate Professor of History, Loyola University, Chicago Miriam Greenberg is Assistant Professor in Media and Cultural Studies at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Bart Keunen is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Ghent, Belgium Jaap Kooijman is Assistant Professor of Film & Television Studies at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Hans Krabbendam is Assistant Director of the Roosevelt Study Center, Middelburg, the Netherlands Portia Maultsby is Professor of Afro-American Studies and Director of the Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University. Anna Notaro is a Research Fellow in Visual Culture in the School of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK Lauren Rabinovitz is Professor of American Studies and Film Studies at the University of Iowa John Raeburn is professor and chair of the American Studies Program and professor of English at the University of Iowa Marja Roholl is Assistant Professor of History and American Studies at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Michela Rosso teaches in the Department of Architecture at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy Mathilde Roza has been employed at the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, as a teacher and researcher in American literature. She is now completing a Ph.D.-project on Robert Myron Coates (1897-1973) Tity de Vries is Assistant Professor of History and American Studies at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands Drew Whitelegg is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Geography of King's College, London