ISBN:
0136015719
,
9780136015710
Language:
English
Pages:
vii, 308 p
,
ill., maps
,
23 cm
Edition:
7. ed
DDC:
307.760973
Keywords:
Cities and towns History
;
Urbanization
;
United States Social conditions
;
USA
;
Verstädterung
;
Geschichte
;
USA
;
Stadtsoziologie
;
Geschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
Urban America in the colonial age, 1500-1776 -- Urban expansion in the new nation, 1776-1860 -- Life in the walking city, 1820-1865 -- Industrialization and the changing shape of the city, 1865-1920 -- Newcomers and the urban core, 1865-1920 -- Bosses and reformers in city politics, 1870-1920 -- Reforming the social and physical environment, 1870-1920 -- Cities in an age of metropolitanism : the 1920s and 1930s -- The emerging "urban crisis," 1941-1975 -- New hope and new concerns in the American city.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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