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The American City: A Sourcebook of Urban Imagery
The American City A Sourcebook of Urban Imagery Author:Anselm L. Strauss 47 essays by different authors present useful insights into urbanization and provide a fresh perspective on American cities and their inhabitants. Contents include 17 sections, each section with many articles. The sections are Images and Perspectives, Contrasting Conceptions of the Same City, The Frontier and the City, City Destiny, Early Versio... more »ns of Rural-Urban Dialogue, Perils of the Great City, Success and the Perilous City, Poverty and its Solutions, Democracy, Politics and Municipal Reform, Order and Disorder in the City, Sociologists Study Social Worlds, The City Without Human Purpose, Rural Amenities and Urban Attributes, Suburbia, Visitors: Fun and Esthetics, City Planning, and Urban Imagery and Urban Theory.« less