City Building on the Eastern Frontier: Sorting the New Nineteenth-Century City
(Part of the Creating the North American Landscape Series)
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America's westward expansion involved more than pushing the frontier across the Mississippi toward the Pacific; it also consisted of urbanizing undeveloped regions of the colonial states. In 1810, New York's future governor DeWitt Clinton marveled that the rage for erecting villages is a perfect mania. The development of Rochester and Syracuse illuminates the national experience of internal economic and cultural colonization during the first half...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801879256
ISBN13:9780801879258
Release Date:October 2004
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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History Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social SciencesCustomer Reviews
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