The Urban Wilderness

by Warner, Sam Bass, Jr.; Tilly, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780520202245
• ISBN10: 0520202244
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Sam Bass Warner, Jr., examines the historical roots of the major economic and social problems facing the U.S. in the 1990s. He documents the efforts, both failed and successful, to provide for basic human needs in the urban context, especially for decent housing and health care. For this edition, Warner provides a new preface and Charles Tilly a new foreword.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Tradition as Determinant: New England folk planning, the weight of English custom, resistance to change	p. 3
Saving Yesterday's Property: Management of land, zoning, city planning, and interstate highways	p. 15
The Engine of Private Enterprise: New York 1820-70: commerce, canals, and sweatshops	p. 55
The Segregated City: Chicago 1870-1920: factories, railroads, and skyscrapers	p. 85
The New Freedom: Los Angeles 1920- : bureaucracy, racism, and automobiles	p. 113
The Inheritance of the Neighhorhoods: Processing migrants by class, race, and religion; four-part cultures	p. 153
Coping with the Urban Environment: Public crises and private benefit; the response of charity, reform, and science	p. 198
The Neglect of Everyday Life: Pouring new money into old institutions; housing and health care	p. 230
Choice and Continuity	p. 267
Summary
A Bibliographic Guide	p. 277
Index	p. 291
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