Chicago
Chicago

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Publisher: SIU Press

Published:

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780809387953

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This book provides a comprehensive portrayal of the growth and development of Chicago from the mudhole of the prairie to today's world-class city. This completely revised fourth edition skillfully weaves together the geography, history, economy, and culture of the city and its suburbs with a special emphasis on the role of the many ethnic and racial groups that comprise the "real Chicago" of its neighborhoods.

Cherokees in Transition
Cherokees in Transition

Author: Gary C. Goodwin

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2019-01-10

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0226303896

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Cherokees in Transition offers a comprehensive description from an eco-historical perspective of the multitudinous changes that occurred within the Cherokee cultural-environmental system during the period preceding the American Revolution.

Suburban Sprawl
Suburban Sprawl

Author: Wim Wiewel

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-05-20

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1317459199

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Suburban Sprawl combines historical, political, economic, geographic, and urban planning analysis to provide the most comprehensive overview of why and how urban sprawl occurs. It shows that all previous attempts to pin the blame on one or two causes - "highway building" or "consumer preferences" - totally miss the complex and interwoven character of public policy and private interests in creating today's urban form. The authors have included the detailed analyses of expenditures which show that federal housing subsidies have contributed significantly to sprawl in the post-war period, as well as a comprehensive overview of policies that can be used to reduce sprawl or reduce its negative consequences. This book will inform the growing policy community involved in regionalism and the general urban policy community. It can also be assigned in undergraduate and graduate level classes in urban sociology, geography, urban politics, and urban planning.