Friedman, Steven, CITY MOVES, A USER'S GUIDE TO THE WAY CITIES WORK, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York, 1989. A concise, non-technical book that serves as a general guide to the American urban experience. The book addresses diverse topics, ranging from the history of the skyscraper and emergence of such artifacts as the strip, the suburb, and the mall to strategies for people watching and the status of speed. Of interest to anyone who has questions about how we navigate and find our way through the urban landscape. 310 pages.
Gapp, McCarron and Ziemba, THE AMERICAN CITY, A (Chicago) Tribune Publication, 1981--An urban odyssey to eleven U.S. cities by three seasoned urban affairs reporters who spent seven months interviewing more than 200 persons on matters of education, politics, racial problems, business, culture, and lifestyle; a blend of reporting analysis and criticism. 191 pages
Huckfeldt, Robert, POLITICS IN CONFLICT: ASSIMILATION AND CONFLICT IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, Agathon, 1986--A socio/political study addressing issues including influences on the white flight, the nature of partisan attachments, and the context of political participation. 191 pages
Meyer, Jack, MEETING HUMAN NEEDS: TOWARD A NEW PHILOSOPHY, American Enterprise Institute, 1982--Presents a new conceptual framework for providing social services, one that incorporates the private sector, labor unions, and neighborhood groups in innovative activities to serve those in need. 469 pages
Skogan, Wesley, DISORDER AND DECLINE, The Free Press, 1990--An urban sociologist links the issues of disorder, fear and crime at work in declining neighborhoods, and urban planning and tax policies that willfully destroy vital communities while subsidizing luxury-class real estate development. 218 pages