Background
Orum, Anthony Mendl was born on November 20, 1939 in Milwaukee. Son of Maurice Donald and Alma Clara (Ostermann) Orum.
(This comprehensive collection of readings shows the broad...)
This comprehensive collection of readings shows the broad social bases of politics and identifies how politics and actions by government can influence the fate of nations and their citizens. The text provides insight into recent political sociological theories and helps students make sense of the many major social and political changes taking place in the world. Text focuses on the economy and politics, states and societies, civil society and politics, basic forms of political rule, power and equality in modern America, political parties and citizen participation. For individuals interested in a comprehensive look at social movements and political changes.
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( Why do some cities grow and expand, while others dwindl...)
Why do some cities grow and expand, while others dwindle and decline? Why is Milwaukee a town of the past, while MinneapolisSt. Paul seems reborn and infused with future dynamism? And what do Milwaukee and the Twin Cities have to tell us about other cities’ prospects, the trials and destinies of industrial Cleveland and post-industrial Austin?Anthony Orum’s new book tells the story of these cities and, at the same time, of all cities. Here the urban past, present, and future are woven into one compelling tale. Orum traces the shift in the sources of urban growth from entrepreneurs to institutions and highlights the emergence of local government as a prominent forceindeed, as an institutionin shaping the trajectory of the urban industrial heartland. This complex trajectory includes all aspects of urban boom and bust: population trends, economic prosperity, politics and culture, as well as hard-to-pin-down qualities like a city’s collective hope and vision.Interspersing social theory, historical ethnography, and comparative analysis to help explain the fates of different cities, Orum lucidly portrays factory openings, labor strikes, elections, evictions, urban blight, white flight, recession, and rejuvenation to show the core historiesand future shapeof cities beyond the particulars presented in these pages. The reader will discover the key people and politics of cities along with the forces that direct them. With a rich variety of sources including newspapers, diaries, census materials, maps, photo essays, and, perhaps most captivating, original oral histories, City-Building in America is ideal for anyone interested in urban transformation and for courses in urban sociology, urban politics, industrial sociology, social change, and social mobility.
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Orum, Anthony Mendl was born on November 20, 1939 in Milwaukee. Son of Maurice Donald and Alma Clara (Ostermann) Orum.
Bachelor, Antioch College, 1962. Master of Arts, University Chgo, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, 1967.
Assistant professor Emory University, Atlanta, 1966—1969, University Illinois, Urbana, 1969—1972. Associate to professor University Texas, Austin, 1972—1986, University Illinois, since 1986. Consultant.
(This comprehensive collection of readings shows the broad...)
( Why do some cities grow and expand, while others dwindl...)
Member of American Sociological Association.
Married; children: Nicholas, Hannah, Rebekah.