The evolution of American urban society
By: Howard P. Chudacoff, Judith E. Smith, Peter C. Baldwin.
Contributors: Smith, Judith E., 1948-; Baldwin, Peter C., 1962-
Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall; Pearson Higher Education
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780136015710
Subjects: Cities and towns -- United States -- History; Urbanization -- United States; United States -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Urban America in the colonial age, 1500-1776; title: Urban expansion in the new nation, 1776-1860; title: Life in the walking city, 1820-1865; title: Industrialization and the changing shape of the city, 1865-1920; title: Newcomers and the urban core, 1865-1920; title: Bosses and reformers in city politics, 1870-1920; title: Reforming the social and physical environment, 1870-1920; title: Cities in an age of metropolitanism : the 1920s and 1930s; title: The emerging "urban crisis," 1941-1975; title: New hope and new concerns in the American city.