Why the garden club couldn't save Youngstown : the transformation of the Rust Belt / Sean Safford.

Author/creator Safford, Sean, 1972-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Description212 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Cities that worked -- The empirical puzzle : the postindustrial divergence of Allentown and Youngstown -- Historical antecedents : the divergence of social structures, 1743-1945 -- Two critical choices : invoking social structure in crises -- How Allentown got its groove back : rebuilding social infrastructure in the wake of economic crisis -- Conclusions and implications.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-201) and index.
LCCN 2008026029
ISBN9780674031760 (alk. paper)
ISBN0674031768 (alk. paper)