The City In American History
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The City In American History
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Author : Blake McKelvey
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-06-29
The City In American History written by Blake McKelvey and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-29 with Social Science categories.
Originally published in 1969, this book summarizes the findings of a comprehensive survey of the successive roles played by the explosive constellations of cities in American history. The book examines how and in what respects the planting and developing of cities influenced and was influenced by the colonial settlement, the achievement of independence, the occupation of the continent, the development of industrial enterprise, the challenge of foreign wars, the fluctuations of a dynamic economy and the frustrations of social and political strife in a democracy. Illuminating selections from original source documents add many graphic details and give a human dimension to this interpretation.
The City In American History
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Author : Blake McKelvey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The City In American History written by Blake McKelvey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Cities and towns categories.
The American City
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Author : Charles Nelson Glaab
language : en
Publisher: Homewood, Ill : Dorsey Press
Release Date : 1963
The American City written by Charles Nelson Glaab and has been published by Homewood, Ill : Dorsey Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Cities and towns categories.
"The selected documents in this unique volume examine the history of the rise of American cities. They serve as an introduction to the vast store of largely undeveloped historical sources which illuminate the role played by cities in our nation's past. The volume reflects the increasing interest in the urban question in our society and the seemingly collossal problems facing the huge metropolis or megalopolis."--Back cover.
City People
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Author : Gunther Barth
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1982
City People written by Gunther Barth and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with History categories.
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.
The City In American Literature And Culture
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Author : Kevin R. McNamara
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-08-05
The City In American Literature And Culture written by Kevin R. McNamara and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-05 with History categories.
This book examines what literature and film reveal about the urban USA. Subjects include culture, class, race, crime, and disaster.
The Rise Of The City 1878 1898
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Author : Arthur Meier Schlesinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
The Rise Of The City 1878 1898 written by Arthur Meier Schlesinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Arthur Meier Schlesinger (1888-1965) was one of the most influential historians of the first half of the twentieth century. He encouraged new approaches to the study of history, and he played a founding role in the study of the city in American culture. His classic work, The Rise of the City, was first published in 1933 and was reprinted repeatedly during the next forty years. Beginning in the rural South and West and concluding with the triumph of urban civilization, Schlesinger definitively chronicled the fundamental shift from America as a rural agricultural society to America as an urban industrial center. He further suggested that the cities, not Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier, have shaped our nation's story. Andrea Tuttle Kornbluh has written a new introduction for this edition, placing Schlesinger's achievements in the context of the development of American urban studies.
City Of American Dreams
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Author : Margaret Garb
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2005-12
City Of American Dreams written by Margaret Garb and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12 with Architecture categories.
In this vivid portrait of life in Chicago in the fifty years after the Civil War, Margaret Garb traces the history of the American celebration of home ownership. As the nation moved from an agrarian to an industrialized urban society, the competing visions of capitalists, reformers, and immigrants turned the urban landscape into a testing ground for American values. Neither a natural progression nor an inevitable outcome, the ideal of home ownership emerged from the struggles of industrializing cities. Garb skillfully narrates these struggles, showing how the American infatuation with home ownership left the nation's cities sharply divided along class and racial lines. Based on research of real estate markets, housing and health reform, and ordinary homeowners—African American and white, affluent and working class—City of American Dreams provides a richly detailed picture of life in one of America's great urban centers. Garb shows that the pursuit of a single-family house set on a tidy yard, commonly seen as the very essence of the American dream, resulted from clashes of interests and decades of struggle.
America S Urban History
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Author : Lisa Krissoff Boehm
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-10-30
America S Urban History written by Lisa Krissoff Boehm and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-30 with History categories.
The history of the American city is, in many ways, the history of the United States. Although rural traditions have also left their impact on the country, cities and urban living have been vital components of America for centuries, and an understanding of the urban experience is essential to comprehending America’s past. America’s Urban History is an engaging and accessible overview of the life of American cities, from Native American settlements before the arrival of Europeans to the present-day landscape of suburban sprawl, urban renewal, and a heavily urbanized population. The book provides readers with a rich chronological and thematic narrative, covering themes including: The role of cities in the European settlement of North America Cities and westward expansion Social reform in the industrialized cities The impact of the New Deal The growth of the suburbs The relationships between urban forms and social issues of race, class, and gender Covering the evolving story of the American city with depth and insight, America's Urban History will be the first stop for all those seeking to explore the American urban experience.
Major Problems In American Urban History
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Author : Howard P. Chudacoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Major Problems In American Urban History written by Howard P. Chudacoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
This volume offers an exciting examination of the nation' s urban development, reflecting historians' awareness of the city' s pivotal role in the unfolding of American history.
City On A Hill
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Author : Abram C. Van Engen
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2020-02-25
City On A Hill written by Abram C. Van Engen and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-25 with History categories.
A fresh, original history of America’s national narratives, told through the loss, recovery, and rise of one influential Puritan sermon from 1630 to the present day In this illuminating book, Abram Van Engen shows how the phrase “City on a Hill,” from a 1630 sermon by Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop, shaped the story of American exceptionalism in the twentieth century. By tracing the history of Winthrop’s speech, its changing status throughout time, and its use in modern politics, Van Engen asks us to reevaluate our national narratives. He tells the story of curators, librarians, collectors, archivists, antiquarians, and often anonymous figures who emphasized the role of the Pilgrims and Puritans in American history, paving the way for the saving and sanctifying of a single sermon. This sermon’s rags-to-riches rise reveals the way national stories take shape and shows us how those tales continue to influence competing visions of the country—the many different meanings of America that emerge from its literary past.