THE TRUMAN–EISENHOWER YEARS The Truman Years Truman inherited a presidency in the war’s final days. Without an instruction manual and governing with a hostile Congress,
Category: As Two Ships Chapter Topics
Chapter 14: Dry rot to decay: Big City change in the “Wonder Bread” years, 1945–1960: Introductory Comments
Dry rot to decay: Big City change in the “Wonder Bread” years, 1945–1960 For the first time, Big Cities were no longer growing; several
Chapter 13: Snapshots of Postwar Western Cities: Los Angeles, Portland, Oklahoma City, Denver, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, Honolulu
SNAPSHOTS In this section, a series of descriptive municipal policy-oriented snapshots will be presented for cities that either did not fit the “typical pattern described
Chapter 13: the Postwar Western Policy System: Business Coalitions, Western Political Leadership and the Priority of Economic/Population Growth
The Policy System: Political Leadership and Business Coalitions It may seem strange to start this discussion with a Washington-based, business-led EDO—the Committee on Economic Development
Chapter 13: Western Postwar Suburbanization: War Production and Public Housing, Demographics of In-Migration, Simultaneous Suburbanization
WESTERN POSTWAR SUBURBANIZATION A New Urban Hierarchy Western suburbs developed in a different time and place than their eastern predecessors. Carl Abbott makes the case
Chapter 13: Do You Know the Way to San Jose?: Population Migration, Post-War Federal Industrial Decentralization, Colorado Springs a Mini-Case Study
Do You Know the Way to San Jose? Jobs attracted people. Western states (1940–45) attracted about 7 million net new residents. The West’s urban population
Ron W. Coan 