Why the Garden Club Couldn't Save Youngstown: The Transformation of the Rust Belt

by Sean Safford (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2009

  $61.62

  Compares the history of Allentown, Pennsylvania, with that of Youngstown, Ohio. Challenging various theoretical perspectives on regional socioeconomic change, this book argues that the structure of social networks among the cities' economic, political, and civic leaders account for the divergent trajectories of post-industrial regions.