The Urban Origins of Suburban Autonomy / Richardson Dilworth.
2005
HT334.U5 D55 2005
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Title
The Urban Origins of Suburban Autonomy / Richardson Dilworth.
ISBN
9780674272064
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2005]
Copyright
©2005
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (280 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674272064 doi
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HT334.U5 D55 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.76/4/0973
Summary
Using the urbanized area that spreads across northern New Jersey and around New York City as a case study, this book presents a convincing explanation of metropolitan fragmentation--the process by which suburban communities remain as is or break off and form separate political entities. The process has important and deleterious consequences for a range of urban issues, including the weakening of public finance and school integration. The explanation centers on the independent effect of urban infrastructure, specifically sewers, roads, waterworks, gas, and electricity networks. The book argues that the development of such infrastructure in the late nineteenth century not only permitted cities to expand by annexing adjacent municipalities, but also further enhanced the ability of these suburban entities to remain or break away and form independent municipalities. The process was crucial in creating a proliferation of municipalities within metropolitan regions. The book thus shows that the roots of the urban crisis can be found in the interplay between technology, politics, and public works in the American city.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Urbanism, Infrastructure, Politics
CHAPTER 1 Private Benefits, Public Goods
CHAPTER 2 Independent Yonkers, Expansionist New Yor
CHAPTER 3 Greater New York and Later Annexation Schemes
CHAPTER 4 Expansionist Jersey City and Its Discontents
CHAPTER 5 The Rise and Fall of Greater Newark
Conclusion: The Evolution of Urban Politics
Notes
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Urbanism, Infrastructure, Politics
CHAPTER 1 Private Benefits, Public Goods
CHAPTER 2 Independent Yonkers, Expansionist New Yor
CHAPTER 3 Greater New York and Later Annexation Schemes
CHAPTER 4 Expansionist Jersey City and Its Discontents
CHAPTER 5 The Rise and Fall of Greater Newark
Conclusion: The Evolution of Urban Politics
Notes
Index