186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
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The rise of cities in the United States from the early seventeenth century to the 1960s is the subject of this sophisticated and witty appraisal by a Pulitzer Prize historian.
Constance McLaughlin Green traces the forces - economic, political, social - that led to today's urban civilization, beginning with the growth of colonial seaports and local government, the rise of new cities that... Read more
1. The first century of American urban life
2. From colonial entrepots to cities of a new nation
3. 'Manifest Destiny'
4. The impact of industrialisation 1860-1910
5. Social and political adjustments 1860-1910
6. The swing of the pendulum
7. Effects of the new deal and war
8. The population explosion and a changing urban world
Biography
Constance Mclauglin Green
