MySearchLab provides students with a complete understanding of the research process so they can complete research projects confidently and efficiently. Students and instructors with an internet connection can visit www.MySearchLab.com and receive immediate access to thousands of full articles from the EBSCO ContentSelect database. In addition, MySearchLab offers extensive content on the research process itself—including tips on how to navigate and maximize time in the campus library, a step-by-step guide on writing a research paper, and instructions on how to finish an academic assignment with endnotes and bibliography.    This interesting and informative book shows how different groups of urban residents with different social, economic, and political power cope with the urban environment, struggle to make a living, participate in communal institutions, and influence the direction of cities and urban life. An absorbing book, The Evolution of American Urban Society surveys the dynamics of American urbanization from the sixteenth century to the present, skillfully blending historical perspectives on society, economics, politics, and policy, and focusing on the ways in which diverse peoples have inhabited and interacted in cities.  Broad coverage includes: the Colonial Age, commercialization and urban expansion, life in the “walking city” , industrialization, newcomers, city politics, the social and physical environment, the 1920s and 1930s, the growth of suburbanization, and the future of modern cities.  An interesting and necessary read for anyone involved in urban sociology, including urban planners, city managers, and those in the urban political arena.

The evolution of American urban society

Politics & Social Sciences

Chudacoff, Howard P.

Social Sciences

PRENTICE/HALL

Surveying American urbanization from the sixteenth century to the present, this well-rounded and well-written book blends social, political, economic, and cultural history perspectives to shed light on the ways in which diverse peoples have inhabited and interacted in cities. Highlights urbanization's constantly shifting nature—weaving insightful discussions throughout on adapting, and coping between people, the environment that they build, and the power structures that affect their lives. Includes discussions on ethnic and racial minority issues, women, African-Americans, Civil War, urban politics, boss politics and reform, and much more. Features exceptional illustrations throughout plus a fully annotated bibliography, and now covers social history, cultural history and government policy up to the end of the 20th century. For urban planners, historians, economists, and sociologists.

In over three centuries of growth and change, American cities have exerted forces that have been both centrifugal - pulling people, resources, and interest toward them - and centripetal - sending out goods, services, and ideas. The story of how these forces evolved over time encompasses almost every aspect of American history. Always cognizant of change over time, this book explores the ways that urban development influenced people's lives and on the ways people shaped the urban environment.

The Evolution of American Urban Society

Smith, Judith E.

Taylor&Francis

This interesting and informative book shows how different groups of urban residents with different social, economic, and political power cope with the urban environment, struggle to make a living, participate in communal institutions, and influence the direction of cities and urban life. An absorbing book, The Evolution of American Urban Society surveys the dynamics of American urbanization from the sixteenth century to the present, skillfully blending historical perspectives on society, economics, politics, and policy, and focusing on the ways in which diverse peoples have inhabited and interacted in cities. Key topics: Broad coverage includes: the Colonial Age, commercialization and urban expansion, life in the walking city, industrialization, newcomers, city politics, the social and physical environment, the 1920s and 1930s, the growth of suburbanization, and the future of modern cities. Market: An interesting and necessary read for anyone involved in urban sociology, including urban planners, city managers, and those in the urban political arena.

History

Baldwin, Peter

Smith, Judith

Africa

Routledge

A comprehensive survey of the dynamics of American urbanization from the sixteenth century to the present. The authors blend historical perspectives on society, economics, politics, and policy, while focusing on the ways in which diverse peoples have inhabited and interacted in cities. The book tackles ethnic and racial minority issues, offers multiple perspectives on women, and highlights urbanization's constantly shifting nature.

The Evolution of American Urban Society, 7th Edition

BALDWIN, PETER C.

Americas

Pearson Higher Education

The restless, mobile American and the process of urban residential change are brought into sharp focus in this unique historical study.  Prof. Chudacoff uses modern quantitative techniques and statistical analysis to reconstruct the texture of life in Omaha, Nebraska, when it was growing from a railroad outpost to a major commercial center.

Mobile Americans; residential and social mobility in Omaha, 1880-1920 (The Urban life in America series)

Oxford University Press

Changing the Playbook: How Power, Profit, and Politics Transformed College Sports (Sport and Society)

In Changing the Playbook , Howard P. Chudacoff delves into the background and what-ifs surrounding seven defining moments that transformed college sports. These changes involved fundamental issues--race and gender, profit and power--that reflected societal tensions and, in many cases, remain pertinent today: 
<ul>
<li>the failed 1950 effort to pass a Sanity Code regulating payments to football players;</li>
<li>the thorny racial integration of university sports programs;</li>
<li>the boom in television money;</li>
<li>the 1984 Supreme Court decision that settled who could control skyrocketing media revenues;</li>
<li>Title IX's transformation of women's athletics;</li>
<li>the cheating, eligibility, and recruitment scandals that tarnished college sports in the 1980s and 1990s;</li>
<li>the ongoing controversy over paying student athletes a share of the enormous moneys harvested by schools and athletic departments.</li>
</ul> A thought-provoking journey into the whos and whys of college sports history, Changing the Playbook reveals how the turning points of yesterday and today will impact tomorrow.

Business & Money

Industries

University of Illinois Press

This textbook history of the United States beginning in 1492 is a shortened version of the 1982 edition.

A People & a Nation: A History of the United States, Vol. 2: Since 1865, 3rd Edition

Katzman, David M.

Escott, Paul D.

Paterson, Thomas G.

Tuttle, William M., Jr.

Brophy, William J.

Norton, Mary Beth.

Houghton Mifflin School

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