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Publisher
STATE University of New York Press
ISBN-10
1438426135
ISBN-13
9781438426136
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71620294
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Publication Name
Main Street to Mainframes : Landscape and Social Change in Poughkeepsie
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Subject
Historical Geography, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Economic Conditions, Sociology / Urban
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Series
Suny Series, an American Region: Studies in the Hudson Valley Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
27.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-042638
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"...remarkably informative ... The book is an engaging read ... [and] perhaps the best handbook to my hometown." -- Jerome Hodos, Journal of Regional Science "...[Flad and Griffen's] thoroughness, careful research, and cogent writing offer the serious student of historical-urban geography and urban landscapes a useful and interesting evaluation of Poughkeepsie and the central Hudson Valley. The utility of this volume will last for a long time ... this volume adds much to the literature on small city development, landscape change, and historical geographic studies of American places. Many should read this volume." -- Pennsylvania Geographer "With an intimate knowledge of the region, [the authors] have compiled a detailed account of their hometown and the surrounding mid-Hudson River valley hinterland ... Flad and Griffen chronicle some of the most important trends that have affected not only Poughkeepsie but other older cities in the northern United States." -- Journal of American History "...an ambitious examination of Poughkeepsie and the broader Mid-Hudson region in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries ... Flad and Griffen bring to their study a devotion to Poughkeepsie as community and shared landscape and present a compelling argument for why understanding history is essential to shaping a more inclusive society and economy in the decades to come." -- Hudson River Valley Review "...a thoughtful, comprehensive portrait of Poughkeepsie's growth from colonial outpost to thriving waterfront city..." -- Chronogram "This is a profoundly important book, a model community history from a cross-disciplinary perspective that concentrates on the transformations of the land and the built environment. It is also timely. It makes clear that, in Poughkeepsie's case at least, revitalization has just entered an important phase." -- Field Horne, Conference on New York State History, FROM THE REVIEWS OF THE FIRST EDITION "With an intimate knowledge of the region, [the authors] have compiled a detailed account of their hometown and the surrounding mid-Hudson River valley hinterland. ... Flad and Griffen chronicle some of the most important trends that have affected not only Poughkeepsie but other older cities in the northern United States." -- Journal of American History "An ambitious examination of Poughkeepsie and the broader Mid-Hudson region in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ... Flad and Griffen bring to their study a devotion to Poughkeepsie as community and shared landscape and present a compelling argument for why understanding history is essential to shaping a more inclusive society and economy in the decades to come." -- Hudson River Valley Review
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
974.7/33
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Before 1900 1. The Valley Setting 2. Poughkeepsie Grows from Village to City 3. Improvements and Conflicts in the Late Nineteenth Century Part II. A Diversified Industrial Economy and Society 4. The Cityscape at the Turn of the Twentieth Century 5. A New Wave of Immigrants Changes the Citizenry 6. Municipal Reform and Urban Planning 7. Changes to the Space Economy Between the Wars 8. Business and Labor in the 1920s and 1930s 9. Depression in FDR's Home County Part III. IBM Remakes the Region as Its Largest Employer 10. Technological Revolution Transforms the Region: IBM 11. IBM Triumphs with the 360 Mainframe Computer 12. The Quest for Inner-City Revitalization: Urban Renewal 13. Social Planning--The Model Cities Experiment 14. Issues and Causes of the 1960s 15. Change in Higher Education in the Valley 16. IBM Downsizes, but the Valley Recovers Part IV. Postindustrial Poughkeepsie and the Valley 17. The Nonprofit Service Sector Grows in Importance 18. Main Street Struggles to Return Amid Suburban Sprawl 19. Civic Identity and Social Change in the 1990s 20. City and Region at the End of the Twentieth Century 21. Main Street and the Twenty-first-Century Cultural Landscape Epilogue Main Street Revisited Notes Annotated Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Tells the story of Poughkeepsie's transformation from small city to urban region. The history of growth, decline, and revitalization in Poughkeepsie, New York, parallels that of many other small northeastern cities. Main Street to Mainframes tells the story of Poughkeepsie's transformation over the past three centuries-from an agricultural market town, to a small city with a diversified economy centered on Main Street, to an urban region dependent on the success of one corporation-and how this transformation has affected the lives and landscape of its inhabitants. As it adjusted to major changes in agriculture, transportation, and industry, Poughkeepsie was also shaped by the forces and tensions of immigration and race. The voices of immigrant and migrant newcomers, from the Germans, Irish, and African Americans of the nineteenth century to the Italians, Poles, and Latinos of the twentieth, enliven the narrative and offer personal perspectives on the social and demographic shifts that have taken place over the years. The book also places Poughkeepsie in the context of the mid-Hudson Valley's other cities-Kingston, Newburgh, and Hudson-as they competed from the colonial period onward. Finally, the book examines recent revitalization efforts based on tourism, culture, and the arts. More than just a local history, Main Street to Mainframes addresses important issues in urban and regional planning, community development, and sociology. Like a palimpsest, Poughkeepsie shows how past landscapes live on in the present, and how, over time, popular perceptions both shape and reflect urban and rural realities., The history of growth, decline, and revitalization in Poughkeepsie, New York, parallels that of many other small northeastern cities. Main Street to Mainframes tells the story of Poughkeepsie's transformation over the past three centuries--from an agricultural market town, to a small city with a diversified economy centered on Main Street, to an urban region dependent on the success of one corporation--and how this transformation has affected the lives and landscape of its inhabitants. As it adjusted to major changes in agriculture, transportation, and industry, Poughkeepsie was also shaped by the forces and tensions of immigration and race. The voices of immigrant and migrant newcomers, from the Germans, Irish, and African Americans of the nineteenth century to the Italians, Poles, and Latinos of the twentieth, enliven the narrative and offer personal perspectives on the social and demographic shifts that have taken place over the years. The book also places Poughkeepsie in the context of the mid-Hudson Valley's other cities--Kingston, Newburgh, and Hudson--as they competed from the colonial period onward. Finally, the book examines recent revitalization efforts based on tourism, culture, and the arts. More than just a local history, Main Street to Mainframes addresses important issues in urban and regional planning, community development, and sociology. Like a palimpsest, Poughkeepsie shows how past landscapes live on in the present, and how, over time, popular perceptions both shape and reflect urban and rural realities., Traces the history of Poughkeepsie's development from the nineteenth through the twentieth and into the challenges of the twenty-first century. Main Street to Mainframes is an in-depth study of a small American city and its evolution in the twentieth and early twenty-first century. It describes the economic and social changes, as well as the challenges that face the community. This includes Poughkeepsie's unique history and characteristics, as well as trends that are common in many other communities. The text integrates both social history and spatial analysis, describing the city's physical form through time along with its economic growth, decline, and efforts at renewal post-COVID-19 pandemic. The historical narrative is followed by an appendix containing examples of cultural features unique to Poughkeepsie's past and present, with questions that can serve as discussion points for readers and groups. As an exploration of a small city that has undergone many of the social and economic problems of much larger urban systems, this book adds important insight into the organic nature of urban systems, including issues of immigration, ethnicity and race, housing and the unhoused, health care, and economic changes in the nation, especially in the growth of the creative and arts-centered economy.
LC Classification Number
F129.P9F53 2009
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