City Politics

Abstract

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Contents -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 City Politics in America: An Introduction -- Three Themes -- The Politics of Growth -- The Politics of Governance -- The Fragmented Metropolis -- The Challenge of the Global Era -- Part I The Origins of American Urban Politics: The First Century -- 2 The Enduring Legacy -- National Development and the Cities -- Outtake: City Building has Always Required Public Efforts -- A Century of Urban Growth -- Inter-Urban Rivalries -- Industrialization and Community -- The Immigrant Tide