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Edward C. Banfield

One of the most widely read and widely debated books on contemporary American urban problems! In the more than twenty years since this book was written, the situation of the American city has not changed fundamentally. This is particularly true of the big cities and their larger, older suburbs. All of the old problems are still with us: racial injustice and animosity, poverty, crime, joblessness, ignorance and what goes with them. Some problems that at one time went almost unnoticed are now conspicuous: homelessness and drug abuse among them. The Unheavenly City Revisited explores what the social sciences have had to say about the problems facing American cities. It tries to make useful applications of some of the ideas and findings in economics, sociology, political science, psychology, history, planning and other fields.
 

$26.95 list, 358 pages

10-digit ISBN: 0-88133-529-0

13-digit ISBN: 978-0-88133-529-3

© 1974

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. The Logic of Metropolitan Growth
3. The Imperatives of Class
4. Race: Thinking May Make It So
5. The Problem of Unemployment
6. Several Kinds of Poverty
7. Schooling Versus Education
8. Several Kinds of Crime
9. Rioting Mainly for Fun and Profit
10. The Future of the Lower Class
11. What Can Be Done?
12. The Prospect
Appendix A. Note on the Size of the Social Classes
Appendix B. Select List of Writings about The Unheavenly City