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Author Gordon, Colin (Colin E.), author.

Title Mapping decline : St. Louis and the fate of the American city / Colin Gordon.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008]
2008

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Description 1 online resource (299 pages) : color illustrations, maps (chiefly color).
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series Politics and culture in modern America
Politics and culture in modern America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Our house : the twentieth century at 4635 North Market Street -- Local politics, local power : governing greater St. Louis, 1940-2000 -- "The steel ring" : race and realty in greater St. Louis -- Patchwork metropolis : municipal zoning in greater St. Louis -- Fighting blight : urban renewal policies and programs, 1945-2000 -- City of blight : the limits of urban renewal in greater St. Louis -- Conclusion: Our house revisited : the twenty-first century at 4635 North Market Street.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Inner cities -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century.
Urban renewal -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
Slums -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Poor -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Gordon, Colin Mapping decline : St. Louis and the fate of the American city. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008] xiv, 284 pages ; 27 cm Politics and culture in modern America 9780812220940 (OCoLC)ocn183261804 (DLC)10930221
ISBN 9780812240702 (alk. paper)
0812240707 (alk. paper)
9780812220940
9780812291506 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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