Why the garden club couldn't save Youngstown : the transformation of the Rust Belt /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Safford, Sean, 1972-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Subjects:	Youngstown (Ohio) > Economic conditions. Allentown (Pa.) > Economic conditions. Industries > Ohio > Youngstown. Industries > Pennsylvania > Allentown. Deindustrialization > Ohio > Youngstown > History.

Table of Contents:

Cities that worked
The empirical puzzle : the postindustrial divergence of Allentown and Youngstown
Historical antecedents : the divergence of social structures, 1743-1945
Two critical choices : invoking social structure in crises
How Allentown got its groove back : rebuilding social infrastructure in the wake of economic crisis
Conclusions and implications.