Invented Cities: The Creation of Landscape in Nineteenth-Century New York and Boston

by Mona Domosh

Book Overview

Why do cities look the way they do? In this intriguing new book, Mona Domosh seeks to answer this question by comparing the strikingly different landscapes of two great American cities, Boston and New York. Although these two cities appeared to be quite similar through the eighteenth century, distinctive characteristics emerged as social and economic differences developed. Domosh explores the physical differences between Boston and New York, comparing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300074913
• ISBN13: 9780300074918
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.0" x 7.1"