The focus of this book is on history, guide books, directories, politics and government, race relations, social conditions and life, economic conditions and biographies of selected American cities. The cities covered are: New York City, Washington, D.C., Boston, Houston, Seattle, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Phoenix, Dallas, New Orleans, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore. Access is through title, subject and author indexes.