Urban America : Processes and Problems Book

I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.

1. The Origins of the City.

2. The American City in the Nineteenth Century.

3. The Emergence of Metropolitan America.

II. THE MODERN CITY.

4. City Government: Part I.

5. City Government: Part II.

6. City Finances: Raising the Money and Paying the Bills.

7. The Economy of the City.

8. Planning the City.

9. Housing: An Overview.

10. Housing: Part II—Public Policy.

III. ISSUES AND PROBLEMS.

11. Melting Pots, Mosaics and Salad Bowls.

12. The Controversy Over Immigration.

13. Poverty: The Background.

14. Poverty and Public Policy.

15. Crime and the Criminal Justice System.

16. Public Education and the City.

Photo Credits.

Index.