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Cleveland: A Metropolitan Reader

Author: W Dennis Keating

Contemporary urban scholars examine the political economy, social development, and history of Cleveland from 1796 to the present in this interdisciplinary collection of essays. Also included are commentaries provided by the leaders of Cleveland, now actively working to transform the city. Though the contributors do not necessarily agree on the nature of Cleveland's problems or on appropriate solutions, together they offer a broad perspective on the reality of a great American city's growth, decline, and reinvention.

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Urban scholars and leaders of the city of Cleveland address the city's political economy, social development, and history, examining ways in which technological restructuring and social relationships interact to generate a distinctively American set of urban problems. Sections on politics, governance, neighborhoods, race, and urban development provide a broad perspective on the city's growth, decline, and reinvention since 1796. For introductory urban studies courses. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Lessons from Cleveland	1
	Cleveland: Journey to Maturity	11
	Cleveland: The Making and Remaking of an American City, 1796-1993	31
	The Cleveland Economy: A Case Study of Economic Restructuring	53
	A Ten Years' War	89
	Urban Populism, Fiscal Crisis, and the New Political Economy	97
	Black Civil Rights	119
	The Ninety-Year War Over Public Power in Cleveland	137
	How Business Bosses Saved a Sick City	155
	Who Governs: The Corporate Hand	161
	Between Spires and Stacks: The People and Neighborhoods of Cleveland	179
	The Impact of Poverty on Cleveland Neighborhoods	202
	Politics and the Development of Public Housing	228
	Housing Dynamics of the Cleveland Area, 1950-2000	244
	Black Cleveland and the Central-Woodland Community, 1865-1930	265
	Cleveland: The Evolution of Black Political Power	283
	Open Housing in Metropolitan Cleveland	300
	Government, Equity, Redistribution, and the Practice of Urban Planning	311
	Cleveland Tomorrow: A Practicing Model of New Roles and Processes for Corporate Leadership in Cities	321
	Postpopulist Public-Private Partnerships	332
	Housing: New Lessons, New Models	351
	Transforming Cleveland: Housing, Population, Neighborhoods, and the Future	362
	Contributors	371
	Bibliography	375
	Index	389

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Beyond English, Inc.: Curricular Reform in a Global Economy

Author: David B Downing

This book intervenes dramatically in current debates about the future of English studies as business interests reach deeper into the domains of higher education.

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Objecting to the increasing pressure to model and adapt postsecondary education to business interests and corporate needs, 16 contributions explore theoretical and practical questions of curriculum development in English departments faced with the onslaught of corporate globalization. They explore possibilities of disciplinary revision that challenge accountability discourses serving conservative interests; discuss how economic, managerial, and technological effects of globalization effect local institutions; look at the business pressures to push composition over literature; and examine the missions of English studies as they incorporate changes such as distance and online learning initiatives, service learning projects, and vocational programs in higher education. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)