Americans Against the City: Anti-Urbanism in the Twentieth Century
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It is a paradox of American life that we are a highly urbanized nation filled with people deeply ambivalent about urban life. An aversion to urban density and all that it contributes to urban life, and a perception that the city was the place where "big government" first took root in America fostered what historian Steven Conn terms the "anti-urban impulse." In response, anti-urbanists called for the decentralization of the city, and rejected the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199973660
ISBN13:9780199973668
Release Date:August 2014
Publisher:OUP Us
Length:392 Pages
Weight:1.54 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"
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