Andrew Hurley

By examining environmental change through the lens of conflicting social agendas, Andrew Hurley uncovers the historical roots of environmental inequality in contemporary urban America. Hurley's study focuses on the steel mill community of Gary, Indiana, a city that was sacrificed, like a thousand other American places, to industrial priorities in the decades following World War II. Although this p

The confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers supported some of the earliest settlements in America. From the Cahokia Mounds civilization to the flood of 1993, residents of the St. Louis region have depended on this landscape even as they have threatened its bounty.In Common Fields, thirteen original essays tell of the city's constant tension between urban growth and en

Through the colorful history of the three quintessentially American institutions of diners, bowling alleys, and trailer parks, an examination of the struggle of blue-collar Americans to attain the good life after two long decades of depression and war.

Across the United States, historic preservation has become a catalyst for urban regeneration. Entrepreneurs, urban pioneers, and veteran city dwellers have refurbished thousands of dilapidated properties and put them to productive use as shops, restaurants, nightclubs, museums, and private residences. As a result, inner-cities, once disparaged as zones of poverty, crime, and decay have been re-bra

"This booklet was a product of collaboration between the Old North St. Louis Restoration Group and the Community History Research and Design Services unit of the Public Policy Research Center at the University of Missouri - St. Louis."