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Synopsis
This work is a sweeping history of dominant representations of the American City in the twentieth century. Upon its initial publication in 1993, the book was hailed as a breakthrough book that introduced discourse analysis and an appreciation of the shaping power of representation into American urban studies. Beauregard has identified a pervasive discourse of decline about American cities, one that shaped the policy response to the perceived "urban crisis" of the postwar era. The discourse also had a powerful influence on how Americans viewed their cities. This second edition has been thoroughly rewritten and now includes an account of the boom years of the 1990s.