000298516 000__ 02426cam\a2200433\a\45\0 000298516 001__ 298516 000298516 005__ 20210513111455.0 000298516 008__ 031107s2004\\\\ilua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000298516 010__ $$a 2003024058 000298516 015__ $$aGBA566585 000298516 0167_ $$a012875581$$2Uk 000298516 0167_ $$a013268620$$2Uk 000298516 020__ $$a0226385086 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000298516 020__ $$a0226385078 (alk. paper) 000298516 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm53793228 000298516 035__ $$a298516 000298516 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dCDS$$dUKM$$dMUQ$$dOCL$$dVP@$$dBAKER$$dISE 000298516 043__ $$an-us--- 000298516 049__ $$aISEA 000298516 05000 $$aHT123$$b.I74 2004 000298516 08200 $$a307.76/0973$$222 000298516 1001_ $$aIsenberg, Alison. 000298516 24510 $$aDowntown America :$$ba history of the place and the people who made it /$$cAlison Isenberg. 000298516 260__ $$aChicago :$$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$$cc2004. 000298516 300__ $$axviii, 441 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm. 000298516 440_0 $$aHistorical studies of urban America 000298516 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [321]-419) and index. 000298516 5050_ $$aIntroduction. Beyond decline: assessing the values of urban commercial life in the twentieth century -- City beautiful or beautiful mess? The gendered origins of a civic ideal -- Fixing an image of commercial dignity: postcards and the business of planning Main Street -- "Mrs. Consumer," "Mrs. Brown America," and "Mr. Chain Store Man": economic woman and the laws of retail -- Main Street's interior frontier: innovation amid Depression and War -- "The Demolition of our outworn past": Suburban shoppers and the logic of urban renewal -- The hollow prize? Black buyers, racial violence, and the riot renaissance -- Animated by nostalgia: preservation and vacancy since the 1960s -- Conclusion. "The lights are much brighter there". 000298516 650_0 $$aCities and towns$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000298516 650_0 $$aCentral business districts$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000298516 650_0 $$aCity and town life$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000298516 650_0 $$aCommunity life$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000298516 650_0 $$aInner cities$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000298516 650_0 $$aUrban renewal$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000298516 650_0 $$aCity planning$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000298516 85200 $$bgen$$hHT123$$i.I74$$i2004 000298516 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi053/2003024058.html 000298516 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/uchi051/2003024058.html 000298516 85641 $$3Table of contents$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0410/2003024058.html 000298516 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:298516$$pGLOBAL_SET 000298516 980__ $$aBIB 000298516 980__ $$aBOOK 000298516 994__ $$aC0$$bISE