A01=Anthony M Orum
Anthony M. Orum
Author_Anthony M Orum
Bergstrom Air Force Base
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cities
City Building Process
Cleve Land
comparative urban studies
downtown
Downtown Milwaukee
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federal
Fo Llowed
government
Great Divide
Harvey Molotch
industrial decline
Industrial Milwaukee
local
Local Capitalist Enter Prises
local governance analysis
Metropolitan Council
Metropolitan Governance Structure
milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Milwaukee Public Schools
Milwaukee Residents
Milwaukee River
Milwaukee Sentinel
municipal
northwestern
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
post-industrial
Post-industrial Age
Post-industrial Cities
postindustrial city development
Profit Cycles
Rail Roads
Real Estate Commu Nity
river
Social Alliances
social mobility research
Twin Cities
urban sociology
urban transformation theory
West Al Lis
Product details
- ISBN 9780813308432
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Mar 1995
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Why do some cities grow and expand, while others dwindle and decline? Why is Milwaukee a town of the past, while Minneapolis-St. Paul seems reborn and infused with future dynamism? And what do Milwaukee and the Twin Cities have to tell us about other cities' prospects, the trials and destinies of industrial Cleveland and post-industrial Austin? Anthony Orum's new book tells the story of these cities and, at the same time, of all cities. Here the urban past, present, and future are woven into one compelling tale. Orum traces the shift in the sources of urban growth from entrepreneurs to institutions and highlights the emergence of local government as a prominent force—indeed, as an institution—in shaping the trajectory of the urban industrial heartland. This complex trajectory includes all aspects of urban boom and bust: population trends, economic prosperity, politics and culture, as well as hard-to-pin-down qualities like a city's collective hope and vision. Interspersing social theory, historical ethnography, and comparative analysis to help explain the fates of different cities, Orum lucidly portrays factory openings, labor strikes, elections, evictions, urban blight, white flight, recession, and rejuvenation to show the core histories—and future shape—of cities beyond the particulars presented in these pages. The reader will discover the key people and politics of cities along with the forces that direct them. With a rich variety of sources including newspapers, diaries, census materials, maps, photo essays, and, perhaps most captivating, original oral histories, City-Building in America is ideal for anyone interested in urban transformation and for courses in urban sociology, urban politics, industrial sociology, social change, and social mobility.
Anthony M. Orum is head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
