Journal of Urban History (JUH), peer-reviewed and published bi-monthly, provides scholars and professionals with the latest research, analyses, and discussion on the history of cities and urban societies throughout the world. JUH presents original research by distinguished authors from the variety of fields concerned with urban history. Each insightful issue offers the latest scholarship on such topics as public housing, migration, urban growth, and more.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Obituary
Obituary Timothy J. Gilfoyle
Articles
The Pursuit of Happiness: Racial Utilitarianism and Black Reform Efforts in John T. Clark’s Urban League Adam Lee Cilli
The Environmental Roots of Urban Renewal in Boston Michael J. Brennan
Cultural Keys to the Evolution of Spanish Urbanism Miguel Torres García
Imagining an Old City in Nineteenth-Century France: Urban Renovation, Civil Society, and the Making of Vieux Lyon Patrick Luiz Sullivan De Oliveira
Urban Renewal by the Sea: Reinventing the Beach for the Suburban Age in Postwar Los Angeles Elsa Devienne
From Modern to Postmodern Skyscraper Urbanism and the Rise of Historic Preservation in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth, 1969–1988 James P. Lesh
Review Essays
Constructed Nature and Social Space: Recent Work in French Envirourban History Nicole C. Rudolph
New Orleans in Two Eras of Change and Prejudice: Prelude or Portent? Alecia P. Long
Religious Responses to Division and Diversity Thomas F. Rzeznik
Treaty Ports in China: Their Genesis, Development, and Influence Gregory Bracken
Reassessing the Legacy of Twentieth-Century New Towns Filippo De Pieri