Twentieth-Century Pittsburgh, Volume One: Government, Business, and Environmental Change - Paperback

by Roy Lubove (Author)

Roy Lubove's Twentieth-Century Pittsburgh is a pioneering analysis of elite driven, post-World War II urban renewal in a city once disdained as \u0022hell with the lid off.\u0022 The book continues to be invaluable to anyone interested in the fate of America's beleaguered metropolitan and industrial centers.

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First published in 1969, Roy Lubove's Twentieth-Century Pittsburgh is a pioneering analysis of elite driven, post-World War II urban renewal in a city once disdained as 'hell with the lid off.' The book continues to be invaluable to anyone interested in the fate of America's beleaguered metropolitan and industrial centers.

Author Biography

Roy Lubove, was professor of social welfare and history at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of several books, including: The Progressives and the Slums; Social Welfare in Transition: Selected English Documents, 1834?1909and Community Planning in the 1920s: The Contribution of the Regional Planning Association of America.