{"product_id":"the-great-inversion-and-the-future-of-the-american-city-9780307474377","title":"The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City","description":"\u003cp\u003eEye-opening and thoroughly engaging, this is an indispensible look at American urban\/suburban society and its future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Great Inversion, \u003c\/i\u003eAlan Ehrenhalt, one of our leading urbanologists, reveals how the roles of America's cities and suburbs are changing places--young adults and affluent retirees moving in, while immigrants and the less affluent are moving out--and addresses the implications of these shifts for the future of our society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEhrenhalt shows us how the commercial canyons of lower Manhattan are becoming residential neighborhoods, and how mass transit has revitalized inner-city communities in Chicago and Brooklyn. He explains why car-dominated cities like Phoenix and Charlotte have sought to build twenty-first-century downtowns from scratch, while sprawling postwar suburbs are seeking to attract young people with their own form of urbanized experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307474377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.29w x 0.60d","brand":"Alan Ehrenhalt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45302277734581,"sku":"9780307474377","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d8923180-f6f8-4020-9c7f-4b7e30bc4bf0.jpg?v=1744724910","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-great-inversion-and-the-future-of-the-american-city-9780307474377","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}