City People: The Rise of Modern City Culture in Nineteenth-Century America

by Gunther Barth

Overview

This study explains the parallel development of urbanization and modernization in late nineteenth-century American society, demonstrating how the successful features of big-city life spread across the country and transformed towns all over America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190281243
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/15/1982
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

Editorial Reviews

"An excellent book for upper-level courses. It fills a real need."—Louis Kyriakoudes, University of North Carolina-Wilmington

"A thoroughly original work, laden with insights. It will be read with interest by anyone concerned with the development of the modern city."—Oscar Handlin, Harvard University

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