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Making sense of the city : local government, civic culture, and community life in urban America /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fairbanks, Robert B. (Robert Bruce), 1950-, Mooney-Melvin, Patricia, Miller, Zane L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2001]
Series:Urban life and urban landscape series.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > United States > History.
Municipal government > United States > History.
City planning > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Robert B. Fairbanks and Patricia Mooney-Melvin
  • Reconstituting city government / Judith Spraul-Schmidt
  • The medieval image in the modern mind / Alan I Marcus
  • Advocating city planning in the public schools / Robert B. Fairbanks
  • The boss becomes a manager / Robert A. Burnham
  • Before the neighborhood organization revolution / Patricia Mooney-Melvin
  • Playing with democracy / Andrea Tuttle Kornbluh
  • Making history / Bradley D. Cross
  • Giving meaning to democracy / Charles F. Casey-Leininger
  • Postscript / Roger W. Lotchin.