Small Cities USAWhile journalists document the decline of small town America and scholars describe the ascent of such global cities as New York and Los Angeles, the fates of little cities remain a mystery. What about places like Providence, Rhode Island; Green Bay, Wisconsin; Laredo, Texas; and Salinas, Californiathe smaller cities that constitute much of Americas urban landscape? In Small Cities USA, Jon R. Norman examines how such places have fared in the wake of