Encyclopedia of urban America
Subtitle: the cities and suburbs
By: Neil Larry Shumsky, editor.
Contributors: Shumsky, Neil L., 1944-
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 974
Subjects: Cities and towns -- United States -- Encyclopedias; Suburbs -- United States -- Encyclopedias; Cities and towns -- United States -- History; Suburbs -- United States -- History
Description: "This unique work analyzes urban America in a series of 547 signed articles. Biographical articles include Jane Addams, Marion Barry, Al Capone, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Lewis Mumford, and Lincoln Steffens, while topical entries cover mass transit, social welfare, residential construction, mill towns, and boom towns. Others deal with religious, racial and ethnic topics such as Shaker villages, Native Americans, African-American towns, and African Americans in cities. A  bibliography follows each article, and the book concludes with an extensive 9-page selected bibliography on urban America.  This work provides a comprehensive view of the colorful past of American cities and discusses current problems faced by modern cities and suburbs. Large public, college, and university libraries will find this a very useful tool".--"Outstanding Reference Sources : the 1999 Selection of New Titles", American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: vol. 1. A-L; title: vol. 2. M-Z.