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Contents are grouped under the headings: Resource management; Social policy; The impact of urban growth; Finance and regulatory reform.

Using in-depth case studies, this volume shows how the infrastructure of tourism has transformed cities throughout North America. It makes clear that the modern urban environment is being thoroughly altered to emphasize the growing tourism sector in such areas as renovated waterfronts

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