The urban wilderness : a history of the American city TAKING UP THE LAND: Tradition as determinant: New England folk planning the weight of English custom resistance to change Saving yesterdays property: management of land zoning city planning and interstate highways BUILDING A NATION OF CITIES: The engine of private enterprise: New York 1820 1870: commerce canals and sweatshops The segregated city: Chicago 1870 1920: factories railroads and skyscrapers The new freedom: Los Angeles 1920 : beaucracy racism and automobiles THE PAST IN THE PRESENT: The inheritance of the neighborhoods: processing migrants by class race and religion; four part cultures Coping with the urban environment: public crises and private benefit: the response of charity reform and science The neglect of everyday life: pouring money into old institutions; housing and health care Choice and community: summary