Postwar Urban America: Demography, Economics, and Social Policies

by John F. McDonald

Book Overview

This book presents an analytical history of postwar urban America as a drama in four acts, with the goal of identifying the demographic, economic, and political factors that gave rise to positive outcomes. After a brief transition to peacetime, urban America experienced robust growth from 1950 until roughly 1970. The end of this first act was announced years in advance when riots erupted in the Watts section of Los Angeles in August 1965. There were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765646080
• ISBN13: 9780765646088
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 9.9"