Journal of Urban History (JUH), peer-reviewed and published bi-monthly, provides scholars and professionals with the latest research, analyses, and discussion on the history of cities and urban societies throughout the world. JUH presents original research by distinguished authors from the variety of fields concerned with urban history. Each insightful issue offers the latest scholarship on such topics as public housing, migration, urban growth, and more.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Articles
Two Societies: The Writing of the Summary of the Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders Rick Loessberg
Making a Town: Urbanity, Rurality, and the Politics of Place in Ebersbach (Fils), 1945-1989 Marcel Thomas
Negotiating Urban Environment and Economy in New York’s Little Syria, 1880-1946 Gregory J. Shibley
Public Policy Made by Private Enterprise: Bond Rating Agencies and Urban America Roger Biles
“Just the Way Things Are Around Here”: Racial Segregation, Critical Junctures, and Path Dependence in Saint Louis Mark Benton
The Function of Commercial Streets in Montreal and Paris, 1853-1936 Kathleen Lord
Regional Plans and Regional Plants: Jens Jensen’s Vernacular Landscape and Metropolitan Planning in Chicago, 1904-1920 Samuel Kling
Tracing Black Racial and Spatial Politics in South Florida via Memory Sharony Green
From Sword to Shield to Myth: Facing the Facts of De Facto School Segregation Michael R. Glass
Why Is This a Good Thing for Us? Challenging Public Sculpture and Contesting Territory in 1970s New York Andrew Wasserman
Review Essays
From Modern to Contemporary: Cataloging Recent Histories of Architecture and Urbanism in Asia Alice Y. Tseng
The River in History Carlton Basmajian
Urban Decline: The Staying Power of a Postwar Story Rebecca K. Marchiel
Desegregation Deferred: The Endurance of Racial Liberalism Julia Rabig
Revisiting African Americans’ Struggle for Public Schools Hilary N. Green
Not So Mean Streets: Community and Activism in the Neighborhoods of Postwar New York Cindy R. Lobel
Devil in the Details: A Rust Belt City’s Progression Thomas J. Jablonsky
Tourism’s Shell Game: Redevelopment and Race in Overlooked Places Matthew Reynolds
Recent Work on Urban Modernity in Mexico Sarah Beckhart