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City on the Edge: Hard Choices in the American Rust Belt

City on the Edge: Hard Choices in the American Rust Belt - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael StreissguthSeries:Excelsior EditionsPublish date:2020-09-01Pages:281
Language:EnglishPublisher:Excelsior Editions/State University of New YoISBN-13:9781438479903ISBN-10:1438479905UPC:9781438479903Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, SociologyBook Topic:State & Local, UrbanSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCSEEEWMKE
Why do people stay in a struggling city? City on the Edge explores this question through the lives of five people in Syracuse, New York, a quintessential rust-belt metropolis. Once a booming industrial center with a dynamic civic life and prominence on the world stage, Syracuse has endured decades of crime, drugs, economic depression, absent-minded political leadership, and population decline. Michael Streissguth spent more than three years interviewing a young survivor of the streets, a refugee from Cuba, an urban farmer, a community activist, and a city elder, who shared their stories as they found ways to make life work against sometimes formidable odds. He also contextualizes their extended commentary and storytelling with secondary characters and various episodes, such as a tragic Father's Day riot and the trial that followed. The result is an eye-opening look at life in America in the twenty-first century, where people strive to turn their ideas, frustrations, and disadvantages into new hope for themselves and the city where they live.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Excelsior Editions/State University of New YoISBN-13:9781438479903ISBN-10:1438479905UPC:9781438479903Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, SociologyBook Topic:State & Local, UrbanSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCSEEEWMKE
Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New Yo

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