During the pre-Civil War period, Cincinnati was the fastest growing
and, according to many contemporary observers, most interesting
city in America. This classic study, completed in the early 1970s,
focusses on the community in 1840 to explain its success but also
to suggest some broader patterns in the city's development and
American urbanization.
Using local census records, city directories, Walter Stix Glazer
describes the demographic, social, economic, and political
structure of the adult white male population in 1840 and then
develops a unified model of its social and functional
organizations. This analysis (based on computerized records of
thousands of Cincinnatians) also documents some broader trends
between 1820 and 1860: the volatility of Cincinnati's labor force,
the career patterns of its homeowners, and the leadership of a
small group of successful citizens active in a broad range of
voluntary associations.
This statistical analysis is complemented with sections of
traditional historical narrative and biographical profiles that
illustrate the general themes of the book. Glazer argues that
Cincinnati's success up to 1840 was due to a unified booster vision
and a cohesive community elite that gradually broke down, as a
result of ethnic and economic division, over the next twenty years.
This story has broader implications in terms of the character of
Jacksonian democracy and American urbanization.
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