The Rise of the Urban South

by Lawrence H. Larsen

Book Overview

Operating under an outmoded system of urban development and faced by the vicissitudes of the Civil War and Reconstruction, southerners in the nineteenth century built a network of cities that met the needs of their society. In this pioneering exploration of that intricate story, Lawrence H. Larsen shows that in the antebellum period, southern entrepreneurs built cities in layers to facilitate the movement of cotton. First came the colonial cities,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813153476
• ISBN13: 9780813153476
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher