JON C. TEAFORD is Professor of History at Purdue University. He is the author of a number of previous books on American urban history, including City and Suburb: The Political Fragmentation of Metropolitan America, 1850–1970 and The Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization in America, 1940–1985.

• The Urban Heartland1. Creating the Urban Network2. The Emerging Center of Urban America3. Skyscrapers, Symphonies, and Ballparks: The Changing Physical and Cultural Complexion of the City4. Automobiles and Reform: The Midwest Lead the Nation5. In the Cultural Vanguard6. After the Heyday7. The Making of the Rust BeltAfter Two CenturiesNotesIndex

"This is the best available study of midwestern cities of the US from the 1830s to the 1980s... Combined with the author's clear writing style and keen insight on how cities actually work, the result is an attractive synthesis that will find its way onto many syllabi." Choice "Recommended for all who want to learn about the origins of the contemporary urban crisis." Library Journal " ... well-written, clearly organized, thoroughly researched and informative." Cities "... Cities of the Heartland is the best history of the urban Midwest available today. It synthesizes earlier works with much new primary research to offer a descriptive and interpretive survey that is readable and quite comprehensive." Michigan Historical Review

JON C. TEAFORD is Professor of History at Purdue University. He is the author of a number of previous books on American urban history, including City and Suburb: The Political Fragmentation of Metropolitan America, 1850–1970 and The Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization in America, 1940–1985.

• The Urban Heartland1. Creating the Urban Network2. The Emerging Center of Urban America3. Skyscrapers, Symphonies, and Ballparks: The Changing Physical and Cultural Complexion of the City4. Automobiles and Reform: The Midwest Lead the Nation5. In the Cultural Vanguard6. After the Heyday7. The Making of the Rust BeltAfter Two CenturiesNotesIndex

"This is the best available study of midwestern cities of the US from the 1830s to the 1980s... Combined with the author's clear writing style and keen insight on how cities actually work, the result is an attractive synthesis that will find its way onto many syllabi." Choice "Recommended for all who want to learn about the origins of the contemporary urban crisis." Library Journal " ... well-written, clearly organized, thoroughly researched and informative." Cities "... Cities of the Heartland is the best history of the urban Midwest available today. It synthesizes earlier works with much new primary research to offer a descriptive and interpretive survey that is readable and quite comprehensive." Michigan Historical Review

JON C. TEAFORD is Professor of History at Purdue University. He is the author of a number of previous books on American urban history, including City and Suburb: The Political Fragmentation of Metropolitan America, 1850–1970 and The Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization in America, 1940–1985.

• The Urban Heartland1. Creating the Urban Network2. The Emerging Center of Urban America3. Skyscrapers, Symphonies, and Ballparks: The Changing Physical and Cultural Complexion of the City4. Automobiles and Reform: The Midwest Lead the Nation5. In the Cultural Vanguard6. After the Heyday7. The Making of the Rust BeltAfter Two CenturiesNotesIndex

"This is the best available study of midwestern cities of the US from the 1830s to the 1980s... Combined with the author's clear writing style and keen insight on how cities actually work, the result is an attractive synthesis that will find its way onto many syllabi." Choice "Recommended for all who want to learn about the origins of the contemporary urban crisis." Library Journal " ... well-written, clearly organized, thoroughly researched and informative." Cities "... Cities of the Heartland is the best history of the urban Midwest available today. It synthesizes earlier works with much new primary research to offer a descriptive and interpretive survey that is readable and quite comprehensive." Michigan Historical Review