From the Book - [1st ed.]
An urban crisis? Banfield, E. C. From The unheavenly city: Introduction.
The Urban trek: Tilly, C. From The metropolitan enigma: Race and migration to the American city.
Urban social structure; the case of the slum: Gans, H. J. From The urban villagers. Fried, M. From The urban condition: Grieving for a lost home.
The myth of suburbia: Gans, H. J. From the Levittowners: The setting, theory, and method of the study; Levittown and America. Berger, B. M. From The public interest: Suburbia and the American dream.
Middle Americans: Greeley, A. M. From Why can't they be like us? The Future of ethnic groups. Coles, R. and Erikson, J. From The middle Americans.
Perspectives on poverty in America: Rodman, H. From Social forces: The lower class value stretch. Valentine, C. A. From Culture and poverty: Conclusion: Alternative views of prosperity and the poor, present and future. Postscript: A proposal for empowering the poor to reduce inequality.
Black Americans in urban ghettos: Tabb, W. K. From The political economy of the Black ghetto: Black power
green power. Watts, L. C. From The middle-income Negro family faces urban renewal.
The struggle for power in American cities: Rubenstein, R. E. From Rebels in Eden: Centralism vs. decentralism; the deepening debate. Altshuler, A. A. From Community control: A personal statement.
The Future of urban society: Toffler, A. From Future shock: The strategy of social futurism.