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1、560JournalofUrbanHistory41(4)Fernandezandothercontributors,Connollyunderscoresthetransformativeimpactthatexamin-inggender,race,andethnicityhavehadonurbanhistoriography.Yethedrawsparticularatten-tiontotherolethatfemalescholarsandscholarsofcolorthemselveshaveplayedindrivingthi

2、sdevelopment,helpingtoinfusescholarshipontheU.S.citywithwhatheseesasoneofthefield’sgreateststrengths:“adesegregatedmethod,”ashewrites.Michaelopenshisessaybydiscussingthe1968conferenceheldatYaleUniversitythatresultedinRichardSennettandStephanThernstrom’slandmarkeditedvolumeNi

3、neteenthCenturyCities.Twoothercontributorstothisforumattendedthatconferenceaswell:LynnHollenLeesandMichaelFrisch.Lees’sessayputsMichael’spieceintodialoguewithtrendsinthehistoriographyofEuropeancitiesandsuggeststheneedtoconsiderMichael’sreflections—andurbanhistorymoregenerall

4、y—inaglobalcontext.FrischlooksbackonthetrajectoryofthefieldsincetheYaleconference,agreeingwithMichael’sassessmentinmanyinstancesbutalsosuggestingtheneedtorefineMichael’sdistinctionbetweenurbanassiteandurbanasplace.AfterMichael’spassing,IsolicitedanadditionalessayfromMarkJ.St

5、erntocloseouttheforum.MichaelandMarkworkedtogetherforfortyyears.Theycoauthoredtwobooksandcol-laboratedincountlessotherwaysascolleaguesattheUniversityofPennsylvania.IamespeciallygratefultoMarkforacceptingthistaskwhilenavigatingsuchadifficultprofessionalandper-sonalloss.Iamals

6、ohappy—butnotatallsurprised—thatMarkdecidedtoendtheforumbygivingMichaelthefinalword.AuthorBiographyDanielAmsterdamisAssistantProfessorintheSchoolofHistory,TechnologyandSocietyattheGeorgiaInstituteofTechnology.HecompletedhisPhDattheUniversityofPennsylvania,wherehealsoearnedPe

7、nn’sGraduateCertificateinUrbanStudies.Hisfirstbook,TheRoaringMetropolis:Businessmen’sCampaignforaCivicWelfareState,isforthcomingfromtheUniversityofPennsylvaniaPressinearly2016.FromUrbanasSitetoUrbanasPlace:Reflectionson(Almost)aHalf-CenturyofU.S.UrbanHistoryMichaelB.Katz(193

8、9–2014)1DOI:10.1177/0096144215579376Keywordsspatialturn,socialsciencehistor