The Metropolitan Enigma

Author : James Q. Wilson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Metropolitan Enigma written by James Q. Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a society which has made "urban crisis" a phrase peculiarly its own, it is strange how many different meanings are assigned to those two words. The theme of this book is that it is more important to disentangle and analyze the various problems which are indiscriminately referred to by this phrase than simply to issue a call to arms. To paraphrase the editor of The Metropolitan Enigma, James Q. Wilson, not everything about cities constitutes a problem and not all problems to be found in cities are distinctively "urban." This book seeks to explore the complexities and clear away the easy generalizations that prevent an understanding of the human problems of an urbanizing nation. The essays in this book were written by Daniel P. Moynihan (Poverty in Cities), Bernard J. Frieden (Housing and National Urban Goals), Edward C. Banfield (Rioting Mainly for Fun and Profit), and other perceptive students of American society. Some of the papers reveal unexpected findings; others take an unusual perspective; each provides a fresh and lucid treatment of a difficult subject. No effort has been made to produce a work animated by a single point of view. A central idea of The Metropolitan Enigma is that there is no all-embracing strategy that can be put forward as an effective solution for the "urban crisis." Directed to everyone who is interested in the future of the American city, this is an important and valuable book. The volume was first published in a soft-cover edition by the Task Force on Economic Growth and Opportunity of the United States Chamber of Commerce in 1966. The Joint Center for Urban Studies of M.I.T. and Harvard commissioned the articles. Each of the contributors has had an opportunity to revise his paper, and several essays have been substantially rewritten. Edward Banfield's essay appears here for the first time.

Author : James Q. Wilson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Metropolitan Enigma written by James Q. Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sam Bass Warner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520202245
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Urban Wilderness written by Sam Bass Warner and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Warner is in some ways almost unique among urban historians in the ways in which he has linked visual and cultural representations with socioeconomic analysis. The strength of The Urban Wilderness is its scope and reach and the author's willingness to take risks intellectually. This book is a work of passion and engagement."--Margaret Marsh, author of Suburban Lives

Author : Joint Center for Urban Studies
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Metropolitan Enigma : Inquiries Into the Nature and Dimensions of America's Urban Crisis written by Joint Center for Urban Studies and published by Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Corey Robin
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1627793844
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Enigma of Clarence Thomas written by Corey Robin and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Enigma of Clarence Thomas is a groundbreaking revisionist take on the Supreme Court justice everyone knows about but no one knows. Most people can tell you two things about Clarence Thomas: Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, and he almost never speaks from the bench. Here are some things they don’t know: Thomas is a black nationalist. In college he memorized the speeches of Malcolm X. He believes white people are incurably racist. In the first examination of its kind, Corey Robin – one of the foremost analysts of the right – delves deeply into both Thomas’s biography and his jurisprudence, masterfully reading his Supreme Court opinions against the backdrop of his autobiographical and political writings and speeches. The hidden source of Thomas’s conservative views, Robin shows, is a profound skepticism that racism can be overcome. Thomas is convinced that any government action on behalf of African-Americans will be tainted by racism; the most African-Americans can hope for is that white people will get out of their way. There’s a reason, Robin concludes, why liberals often complain that Thomas doesn’t speak but seldom pay attention when he does. Were they to listen, they’d hear a racial pessimism that often sounds similar to their own. Cutting across the ideological spectrum, this unacknowledged consensus about the impossibility of progress is key to understanding today’s political stalemate.

Author : Harry Beller Yoshpe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Urban Problems written by Harry Beller Yoshpe and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan S. Berger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780697075550
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City written by Alan S. Berger and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harvey S. Perloff
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317397312
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quality of the Urban Environment written by Harvey S. Perloff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quality of the environment in which people live, work, and play influences to no small degree the quality of life itself. The environment can be satisfying and attractive and provide scope for individual development or it can be poisonous, irritating and stunting. The papers in this volume, first published in 1969, are concerned with the urban environment – in which the majority of Americans live – or, more accurately, with the environment of urbanites, for the concern extends to outlying areas where urban dwellers visit and play. The chapters aim to provide a better understanding of the natural resource elements in the urban environment, and will be of interest to students of environmental studies and human geography.

Author : National Clearinghouse for Mental Health Information (U.S.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bibliography on the Urban Crisis written by National Clearinghouse for Mental Health Information (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States Air Force Academy. Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The States and the Urban Crisis written by United States Air Force Academy. Library and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: