03834cam a2200805 a 4500 53812 20230410120733.0 031107s2004 ilua b 001 0 eng 2003024058 (OCoLC)ocm53793228 DLC DLC YDX CDS UKM MUQ OCL VP@ BAKER NLGGC YDXCP BTCTA UQ1 GBA4X5503 bnb GBA566585 bnb 012875581 Uk 013268620 Uk 0226385078 (alk. paper) 9780226385075 (alk. paper) 0226385086 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780226385082 (pbk. : alk. paper) NLGGC 257314431 YDXCP 2124899 NZ1 8095685 (OCoLC)53793228 n-us--- HT123 I78d 2004 307.76/0973 22 15.85 bcl Isenberg, Alison. Downtown America : a history of the place and the people who made it / Alison Isenberg. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004. xviii, 441 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Historical studies of urban America Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-419) and index. 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". Cities and towns United States History. Central business districts United States History. City and town life United States History. Community life United States History. Inner cities United States History. Urban renewal United States History. City planning United States History. Villes âEtats-Unis Histoire. Quartiers d'affaires âEtats-Unis Histoire. Vie urbaine âEtats-Unis Histoire. Communautâe âEtats-Unis Histoire. Centres villes âEtats-Unis Histoire. Râenovation urbaine âEtats-Unis Histoire. Urbanisme âEtats-Unis Histoire. Steden. gtt Histoire rasuqam Ville rasuqam Vie urbaine rasuqam Quartier d'affaires rasuqam Communautâe rasuqam Renouveau urbain rasuqam Planification urbaine rasuqam Urbanisme rasuqam Centre-ville rasuqam âEtats-Unis rasuqam Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi053/2003024058.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/uchi051/2003024058.html Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0410/2003024058.html Baker & Taylor BKTY 32.50 32.50 0226385078 0004369939 active Baker & Taylor BKTY 22.50 22.50 0226385086 0004371973 active YBP Library Services YANK 2124899 Baker and Taylor BTCP 2003024058 lcc bk C0 DRFGD csexposito 50857 50857 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 3 0 HT123 I78d 2004 00000055069 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk