MAIN STREET BLUES: THE DECLINE OF SMALL-TOWN AMERICA (URBAN LIFE & URBAN LANDSCAPE)
by Richard O. Davies
Urban Life And Urban Landscape (1998)
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"Richard O. Davies takes the reader through two hundred years of American history as reflected in the small Ohio farming village of Camden. Davies describes the development of the relatively self-sufficient community that emerged from the Ohio land rush of the early nineteenth century, a community that reached its apex during the 1920s and then entered into a period of slow decline caused by forces beyond its control. He details the roles of land speculation, the railroad era, the impact of show more the automobile, the emergence of a tightly knit community, and finally the post-World War II loss of business and population to the nearby cities of Dayton, Hamilton, and Cincinnati."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved show lessTags
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Richard O. Davies is Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Nevada, Reno. His books include Rivals! The Ten Greatest American Sports Rivalries of the 20th Century (Wiley, 2010). Sports in American Life: A History (Wiley. 2007. 2012). Betting the Line: Sports Wagering in American Life (2001), and Main Street Blues: The show more Decline of Small-Town America (1998). Davies was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 2013 and continues to pursue an active retirement. show less
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- 1998
- Important places
- Camden, Ohio, USA
- Original language
- English
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