num_pages: 32
description: Why do some towns grow into cities, while others fade away and die? Read this book and travel to California to follow the story of two very different settlements.
language: English
title: Birth and Death of a City: Settlement Patterns
titlecomplete: Birth and Death of a City: Settlement Patterns (Raintree Fusion)
series: Raintree Fusion: Social Studies
publisher: Heinemann-Raintree