Changing plans for America's inner cities: Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine and twentieth-century urbanism

(print) xxi, 227 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmList of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Cincinnati, why Over-the-Rhine? -- Prologue: 1850s-1910s. p.1 -- pt.1. Zoning, razing, or rehabilitation -- Introduction: from cultural engineering to cultural individualism. p.9 -- Social groups, slums, and comprehensive planning, 1915-1944. p.13 -- Neighborhoods and a community, 1948-1960. p.29 -- pt. 2. New visions and visionaries -- Introduction: community action and neighborhood planning. p.43 -- Participatory planning and the downtown renaissance, 1954-1964. p.47 -- Redefining the problem, 1950-1966. p.59 -- Collapse of the Appalachian option, 1964-1974. p.72 -- Empowering the poor, 1971-1975. p.84 -- Integration through historic preservation, 1972-1980, p.96 -- The separatist counterattack, 1980-1982. p.111 -- The National Register controversy, 1982-1983. p.125 -- Separatists victorious, 1983-1985. p.138 -- Epilogue: eclipsing the public interest. p.157 -- Appendix. The major housing goal of the Over-the-Rhine urban renewal plan, 1985. p.169 -- Notes. p.171 -- Index. p.21