Isenberg, Alison. <br/><br/>
Downtown America :  a history of the place and the people who made it / 
Alison Isenberg. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  c2004. 
 - xviii, 441 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Historical studies of urban America .
 - Historical studies of urban America. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-419) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Beyond decline: assessing the values of urban commercial life in the twentieth century -- City beautiful or beautiful mess? The gendered origins of a civic ideal -- Fixing an image of commercial dignity: postcards and the business of planning Main Street -- "Mrs. Consumer, " "Mrs. Brown America, " and "Mr. Chain Store Man": economic woman and the laws of retail -- Main Street's interior frontier: innovation amid Depression and War -- "The demolition of our outworn past": suburban shoppers and the logic of urban renewal -- The hollow prize? Black buyers, racial violence, and the riot renaissance -- Animated by nostalgia: preservation and vacancy since the 1960s -- Conclusion: "The lights are much brighter there". 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226385078 (alk. paper) 9780226385075 (alk. paper) 0226385086 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780226385082 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003024058 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA4X5503  bnb GBA566585  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>012875581  Uk 013268620  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cities and towns--History.--United States<br/>Central business districts--History.--United States<br/>City and town life--History.--United States<br/>Community life--History.--United States<br/>Inner cities--History.--United States<br/>Urban renewal--History.--United States<br/>City planning--History.--United States<br/>Villes--Histoire.--�Etats-Unis<br/>Quartiers d'affaires--Histoire.--�Etats-Unis<br/>Vie urbaine--Histoire.--�Etats-Unis<br/>Communaut�e--Histoire.--�Etats-Unis<br/>Centres villes--Histoire.--�Etats-Unis<br/>R�enovation urbaine--Histoire.--�Etats-Unis<br/>Urbanisme--Histoire.--�Etats-Unis<br/>Steden.<br/>Histoire.<br/>Ville.<br/>Vie urbaine.<br/>Quartier d'affaires.<br/>Communaut�e.<br/>Renouveau urbain.<br/>Planification urbaine.<br/>Urbanisme.<br/>Centre-ville.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>�Etats-Unis.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT 123  / .I74 2004