The Urban Wilderness: A History of the American City
by Sam Bass Warner
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Sam Bass Warner, Jr., examines the historical roots of the major economic and social problems facing the U.S. in the 1990s. He documents the efforts, both failed and successful, to provide for basic human needs in the urban context, especially for decent housing and health care. For this edition, Warner provides a new preface and Charles Tilly a new foreword.Tags
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Sam Bass Warner, noted urban historian and Visiting Professor of Urban History at MIT, is the author of The Urban Wilderness: A History of the American City and other books. Andrew H. Whittemore is Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Texas Arlington.
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- Canonical title
- The Urban Wilderness: A History of the American City
- Original publication date
- 1972
- Important places
- Chicago, Illinois, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA; New York, New York, USA
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- Sociology, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 307.76 — Society, Government, and Culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Communities Specific kinds of communities Urban communities
- LCC
- HT123 .W235 — Social sciences Communities. Classes. Races Communities. Classes. Races Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
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- 84
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 2
