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Title: The Twentieth-Century American City: Problem, Promise, and Reality (The American Moment)
Publisher: JHUP
Publication Date: 1993
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0801845513
ISBN 13: 9780801845512
Binding: paperback
Edition: 2nd Edition
Condition: Very Good

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The second edition of this highly acclaimed book brings the story of urban America upto date through the early 1990s, with an analysis of recent attempts to revive aging central cities and a look at a new form of development known as technoburbs or edge cities.

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Jon C. Teaford is professor of history at Purdue University. He is the author of six previous books on the history of urban America, including The Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization in America, 1940-1985 and The Twentieth-Century American City: Problem, Promise, and Reality, both available from Johns Hopkins.

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