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Title: Urban America: What it Was and What it is Becoming

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Publication Year: 2004

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Abstract: This paper compares patterns of metropolitan development, economic growth and decline, demographics, and family/residential life in the Philadelphia and Los Angeles regions across the 20th century. Philadelphia represents what America was, while Los Angeles signifies what it is becoming. As part of the larger project of this chapter, the paper illustrates the diversity of urban experiences both across time and between the two regions. It thus challenges the utility of traditional categories for conceptualizing urban life in 20th century North America. All statistics without a secondary citation derive from the One Nation Divisible projects IPUMS sample data of a) total population in each metropolitan area, b) households in each metropolitan area, and c) people over 18 in each metropolitan area (a proxy for employment-eligible adults). They have been analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).

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Authors: Vitiello, Domenic

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Publication Number: 15

Institution: University of Pennsylvania

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Publisher Location: Philadelphia, PA

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Other

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