The Rise of Urban America (Hardcover, New Ed)

The rise of cities in the United States from the early seventeenth century to the 1960s is the subject of this sophisticated and witty appraisal by a Pulitzer Prize historian. Constance McLaughlin Green traces the forces - economic, political, social - that led to today's urban civilization, beginning with the growth of colonial seaports and local government, the rise of new cities that competed for wealth and power with the older cities, the spread of industrialization, transportation and communications that made complex city life possible. She discussed the influence of city life on art and architecture, the impact of depression and prosperity upon urban centres, and analyses present-day problems - race-relations, the population explosion, automation, the rise of suburbia, and the development of the 'megapolis' that links city with city in one vast urban interstate region. This book was first published in 1966.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2006
First published:	1999
Authors:	Constantine McLaughlin Green
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	186
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-41805-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Primary / junior schools Promotions
LSN:	0-415-41805-4
Barcode:	9780415418058

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