Isenberg, Alison <br/><br/>
Downtown America  a history of the place and the people who made it /  [electronic resource] : 
Alison Isenberg. 
 -  University of Chicago Press,  c2004. 
 - 1 online resource (xviii, 441 p.) :  ill. 
 - Historical studies of urban America .
 - Historical studies of urban America. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-419) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Beyond decline: assessing the values of urban commercial life in the twentieth century -- City beautiful or beautiful mess? The gendered origins of a civic ideal -- Fixing an image of commercial dignity: postcards and the business of planning Main Street -- "Mrs. Consumer," "Mrs. Brown America," and "Mr. Chain Store Man": economic woman and the laws of retail -- Main Street's interior frontier: innovation amid Depression and War -- "The demolition of our outworn past": suburban shoppers and the logic of urban renewal -- The hollow prize? Black buyers, racial violence, and the riot renaissance -- Animated by nostalgia: preservation and vacancy since the 1960s -- Conclusion: "The lights are much brighter there." 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226385099 (electronic bk.) 0226385094 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003024058 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cities and towns--History.--United States<br/>Central business districts--History.--United States<br/>City and town life--History.--United States<br/>Community life--History.--United States<br/>Inner cities--History.--United States<br/>Urban renewal--History.--United States<br/>City planning--History.--United States<br/>Villes--Histoire.--États-Unis<br/>Quartiers d'affaires--Histoire.--États-Unis<br/>Vie urbaine--Histoire.--États-Unis<br/>Communauté--Histoire.--États-Unis<br/>Centres villes--Histoire.--États-Unis<br/>Rénovation urbaine--Histoire.--États-Unis<br/>Urbanisme--Histoire.--États-Unis<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--Urban.<br/>Steden.<br/>Histoire.<br/>Ville.<br/>Vie urbaine.<br/>Quartier d'affaires.<br/>Communauté<br/>Renouveau urbain.<br/>Planification urbaine.<br/>Urbanisme.<br/>Centre-ville.<br/>Stadtplanung.<br/>Stadtkern.<br/>Geschäftsviertel.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>États-Unis.<br/>USA.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>ისტორია აშშ ისტორია აშშ დიდი და პატარა ქალაქები ურბანული სოციოლოგია ამერიკელი ერის ისტორია 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT123  / .I74 2004eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.76/0973 
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>94(873)