Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Urban Decline and the Search for Solutions in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis after 1945
Part I
Heads in Beds and a Box with Docks: Conventions and the Restructuring of the Central City, 1945–1975
2 From Social Center to Convention Center: The Changing Function of Downtown Hotels in Postwar Cincinnati
3 “Fear and Greed”: Race, the St. Louis Convention Center, and the Decline of Liberalism in the Postwar City
Part II
Cities Are Fun! Tourism, Image Making, and the “Livable City,” 1970–1990
4 City of Champions: Three Rivers Stadium and the Shaping of Pittsburgh's Postwar Image
5 The Accidental Tourist Trap: Image Making and the “Livable City” in Baltimore's Inner Harbor
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index