The economies of the nation's large cities

...examines the past and future economic structures of 35 large cities and their metropolitan areas; an historical analysis for the period 1969 to 1984 documents the decline of manufacturing activities, the growth of service production, the emergence of new industrial centers and the decline of old ones; assesses the employment trends underlying the different economic perormance of metropolitan areas; also analyzes employment projections from 1983 to 2000 identifying metropolitan areas with potentially high employment growth and changes in the economic structure over the period...