{"product_id":"americans-against-the-city-anti-urbanism-in-the-twentieth-century-9780190636340","title":"Americans Against the City: Anti-Urbanism in the Twentieth Century","description":"It is a paradox of American life that we are a highly urbanized nation filled with people deeply ambivalent about urban life. An aversion to urban density and all that it contributes to urban life, and a perception that the city was the place where big government first took root in America\u003cbr\u003efostered what historian Steven Conn terms the anti-urban impulse. In response, anti-urbanists called for the decentralization of the city, and rejected the role of government in American life in favor of a return to the pioneer virtues of independence and self-sufficiency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this provocative and sweeping book, Conn explores the anti-urban impulse across the 20th century, examining how the ideas born of it have shaped both the places in which Americans live and work, and the anti-government politics so strong today. Beginning in the booming industrial cities of the\u003cbr\u003eProgressive era at the turn of the 20th century, where debate surrounding these questions first arose, Conn examines the progression of anti-urban movements.: He describes the decentralist movement of the 1930s, the attempt to revive the American small town in the mid-century, the anti-urban basis\u003cbr\u003eof urban renewal in the 1950s and '60s, and the Nixon administration's program of building new towns as a response to the urban crisis, illustrating how, by the middle of the 20th century, anti-urbanism was at the center of the politics of the New Right. Concluding with an exploration of the New\u003cbr\u003eUrbanist experiments at the turn of the 21st century, Conn demonstrates the full breadth of the anti-urban impulse, from its inception to the present day. Engagingly written, thoroughly researched, and forcefully argued, \u003cem\u003eAmericans Against the City\u003c\/em\u003e is important reading for anyone who cares not just\u003cbr\u003eabout the history of our cities, but about their future as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Conn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190636340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteven Conn\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor and Director, Public History, Ohio State University. He is the author of, \u003cem\u003eTo Promote the General Welfare: The Case for Big Government\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eMetropolitan Philadelphia: Living in the Presence of the Past\u003c\/em\u003e, among others; he is the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eBuilding the Nation: Americans Write\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eabout Their Architecture, Their Cities, and Their Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39929209618547,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":32.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_cb6f6afa-faa1-46c7-905d-7388f7311f10.jpg?v=1647611499","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/americans-against-the-city-anti-urbanism-in-the-twentieth-century-9780190636340","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}