Nineteenth-Century Cities: Essays in the New Urban History

by Richard Sennett, Stephan Thernstrom, editors Thernstrom, Stephan & Sennett, Richard

Book Overview

Research on the frontiers of urban studies was the subject of a conference on nineteenth-century cities held in November 1968 at Yale University. These papers from the conference attempt to define what is coming to be known as the "new urban history." The cities studied range from small communities - such as Springfield, Massachusetts, and Poughkeepsie, New York - to giants like Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston. While the majority of the contributions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300094655
• ISBN13: 9780300094657
• Release Date: March 1969
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 8.1"