Title: City people : the rise of modern city culture in nineteenth-century America /
Authors: Barth, Gunther Paul.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1980
Subjects: Urbanization United States History; Cities and towns United States Growth History
Abstract: Depicts the development of such aspects of urban culture as apartment buildings, metropolitan newspapers, department stores, baseball parks, and vaudeville.
Contents: Introduction -- Modern city culture -- Divided space -- Metropolitan press -- Department store -- Ball park -- Vaudeville house -- Epilogue: Resilient city.