The Metropolitan Revolution: The Rise of Post-Urban America

by Jon C. Teaford

Book Overview

In this absorbing history, Jon C. Teaford traces the dramatic evolution of American metropolitan life. At the end of World War II, the cities of the Northeast and the Midwest were bustling, racially and economically integrated areas frequented by suburban and urban dwellers alike. Yet since 1945, these cities have become peripheral to the lives of most Americans. "Edge cities" are now the dominant centers of production and consumption in post-suburban...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231133731
• ISBN13: 9780231133739
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher