The Millennial City: A New Urban Paradigm for 21st-Century America [Hardcover]

Myron Magnet (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 11, 2000

Drawn from the pages of City Journal, the quarterly magazine that has established a reputation for pathbreaking analytical reports on the urban scene, The Millenial City explores new approaches to crime and its prevention; the reform of welfare; the reinvention of government; and new school initiatives. The book also takes on issues of economy, housing, homelessness, immigrants, quality of life, and the physical environment. City Journal is the great Fool Killer in the arena of urban policy. It's more than sharp and penetrating. It's a joy to read. —Tom Wolfe

Editorial Reviews

Review

Even when I disagree with City Journal, I dare not ignore it. (Bill Moyers )

The Millennial City is an invaluable record of an urban success story. (Hilton Kramer )

This is the definitive forum for the best new ideas in urban government. (John Norquist )

City Journal has provided a forum for some of our city's and our nation's most incisive thinkers, whose writings have enriched our public discourse and helped shape public policy. (Rudolf Giuliani )

City Journal is consistently the most stimulating source of reporting and analysis concerning the nation's urban problems. (Will, George )

Sharp and penetrating...a joy to read. (Tom Wolfe )

About the Author

Myron Magnet is editor of City Journal, the highly respected quarterly magazine published in New York by The Manhattan Institute. He has also written The Dream and the Nightmare and edited What Makes Charity Work? and The Millennial City. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 446 pages
• Publisher: Ivan R Dee; 1St Edition edition (April 11, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566632854
• ISBN-13: 978-1566632850
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,577,271 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding contribution to Urban Studies., June 6, 2000

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This review is from: The Millennial City: A New Urban Paradigm for 21st-Century America (Hardcover)

Myron Magnet edits The Millennial City, a survey of new American interests in urban living. Essays here offer guidelines for urban health and growth, rejecting the usual ideologies and replacing them with new approaches to common urban problems from crime to homelessness. Social and legal precedent are covered in the process of defining the revitalized urban atmosphere cities are enjoying.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These articles come from the pages of City Journal magazine, December 15, 2001

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This review is from: The Millennial City: A New Urban Paradigm for 21st-Century America (Paperback)

Myron Magnet edits The Millennial City, which provides students of urban affairs with a new urban program for the 21st Century. These articles come from the pages of City Journal magazine and consider both social change and the ideology of urban renewal programs.