| Description |
xvi, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In a field over-saturated with research on global cities and megacities, this is the first academic book to analyze specifically small cities and regions in New England. Focusing on the dynamic urban/global legacy of Hartford, Connecticut, the volume is bolstered by comparative chapters on Portland, Maine, Lawrence, Massachusetts and Springfield, Massachusetts. The book contains contributions from sociologists, anthropologists, historians, political scientists, politicians, grassroots leaders, and urban/regional planners. |
| Contents |
Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapter 1. Introduction: Once Prosperous and Now Challenged: Hartford's Transformation in Comparative and Global Perspectives; Chapter 2. Hartford: A Global History; Chapter 3. Podunk after Pratt: Place and Placelessness in East Hartford, Connecticut; Chapter 4. "If We Would ... Leave the City, This Would Be a Ghost Town": Urban Crisis and Latino Migration in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1945-2000; Chapter 5. Poverty, Inequality, Politics, and Social Activism in Hartford. Chapter 6. Investigating Spatial Inequality with the Cities, Suburbs, and Schools Project; Chapter 7. The Puerto Rican Effect on Hispanic Residential Segregation: A Study of the Hartford and Springfield Metro Areas in National Perspective; Chapter 8. A Metro Immigrant Gateway: Refugees in the Hartford Borderlands; Chapter 9. Re-imagining Portland, Maine: Urban Renaissance and a Refugee Community; Chapter 10. Shifting Fortunes: Hartford's Global and Regional Economic Dimensions; Chapter 11. A Tragic Dialectic: Politics and the Transformation of Hartford; Chapter 12. Metropolitan Hartford: Regional Challenges and Responses; Chapter 13. A Sobering Era with New Possibilities; Chapter 14. Conclusion: Inheritance, Inertia, and Inspirations: The Potential Remaking of Hartford; Index; About the Editors and Contributors. |
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Urbanization -- New England.
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Urban policy -- New England.
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Regional planning -- New England.
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Hartford (Conn.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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New England -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Chen, Xiangming, 1955-
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Bacon, Nick, 1988-
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| ISBN |
9780739149423 cloth alkaline paper |
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0739149423 cloth alkaline paper |
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