Cleveland: A Metropolitan ReaderWilliam Dennis Keating, Norman Krumholz, David C. Perry After enjoying exceptional growth at the turn of the last century, Cleveland's fortunes, like that of many metropolitan centers, have sharply declined. How much of this change is due to characteristics of growth and development, the outmigration of population and investment' technological advances, and the changing racial composition of the population? On the eve of its bicentennial, Cleveland serves as a paradigm of American urbanization by providing lessons regarding urban America, our communities, and ourselves. Cleveland, A Metropolitan Reader emphasizes the political economy, social development, and history of Cleveland from 1796 to the present. One of the oldest communities in the United States, it is constantly remaking itself-serving as a model of innovative transformation for other industrial cities. The contributors to this volume, many of whom are contemporary urban scholars, address current issues through an interdisciplinary collection of essays. Also included are commentaries written by the leaders of Cleveland-those now actively working to transform the city. Although each has its own topic, all the essays examine ways in which technological restructuring and social relationships interact to generate a distinctively American set of urban problems. The authors of these essays do not necessarily agree on the nature of Cleveland's problems or on appropriate solutions, but together they provide a broad perspective on the reality of a great city's growth, decline, and reinvention. An ideal book for introductory urban studies courses, Cleveland, A Metropolitan Reader will be of interest to scholars of urban studies, urban planning, history, and politics as well as to those generally interested in Cleveland, the Midwest, and the broad range of challenges facing most American cities as we enter the 21st century. |
Contents
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Introduction | 49 |
A Case Study of Economic Restructuring | 51 |
The People Neighborhoods of Cleveland | 177 |
The Impact of Poverty on Cleveland Neighborhoods | 200 |
Politics and the Development of Public Housing | 226 |
Housing Dynamics of the Cleveland Area 19502000 | 242 |
Race and Discrimination | 259 |
Introduction | 261 |
Black Cleveland and the CentralWoodland Community 18651930 | 263 |
The Evolution of Black Political Power | 281 |
Politics Conflict and Reform | 83 |
Introduction | 85 |
A Ten Years War | 87 |
Urban Populism Fiscal Crisis and the New Political Economy | 95 |
Black Civil Rights | 117 |
Governance Public and Private | 131 |
Introduction | 133 |
The NinetyYear War Over Public Power in Cleveland | 135 |
How Business Bosses Saved a Sick City | 153 |
The Corporate Hand | 159 |
Neighborhoods City and Suburbs | 173 |
Introduction | 175 |
Open Housing in Metropolitan Cleveland | 298 |
Urban Redevelopment Policy Planning Prospects | 305 |
Introduction | 307 |
Government Equity Redistribution and the Practice of Urban Planning | 309 |
A Practicing Model of New Roles and Processes for Corporate Leadership in Cities | 319 |
Postpopulist PublicPrivate Partnerships | 330 |
New Lessons New Models | 349 |
Housing Population Neighborhoods and the Future | 360 |
Contributors | 369 |
Bibliography | 373 |
Index | 387 |
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Page 19 - The ethnic group in American society became not a survival from the age of mass immigration but a new social form.
Page 10 - Under the American tradition, the first purpose of the citizen is the private search for wealth; the goal of a city is to be a community of private money makers. Once the scope of many city dwellers' search for wealth exceeded the bounds of their municipality, the American city ceased to be an effective community.
Page 19 - Ethnic groups then, even after distinctive language, customs, and culture are lost, as they largely were in the second generation, and even more fully in the third generation, are continually recreated by new experiences in America.
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