Historical Studies of Urban America: Downtown America : A History of the Place and the People Who Made It (Paperback)

from Shrike58

The particular interest of this book is that the author addresses the evolution of the American city through the prism of business and retail interests; people who kept their collective eye fixedly on the pursuit of the affluent white female suburbanite and were prepared to move heaven and earth ...

from DarthDeverell

In Downtown America: A History of the Place and the People Who Made It, Alison Isenberg argues, "Throughout the twentieth century, decisions about Main Street's mundane material conditions revealed broader cultural and economic values...Together, these values have shaped the contours, meaning, an...

from DarthDeverell

In Downtown America: A History of the Place and the People Who Made It, Alison Isenberg argues, "Throughout the twentieth century, decisions about Main Street's mundane material conditions revealed broader cultural and economic values...Together, these values have shaped the contours, meaning, an...