City People: The Rise of Modern City Culture in Nineteenth-Century America (A Galaxy book)

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1983
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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.

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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.

$17.04

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 28 Jun 1983
ISBN 10: 0195031946
ISBN 13: 9780195031942

Media 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