Timothy R. Mahoney, Mahoney Timothy R.

River Towns in the Great West

The Structure of Provincial Urbanization in the American Midwest, 1820 1870

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes the development of a distinctive, region along the upper Mississippi River north of St. Louis during the middle third of the nineteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 693g
• ISBN-13: 9780521361309
• ISBN-10: 0521361303
• Artikelnr.: 22133224

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
Acknowledgments
Part I. Human Geography and the Structure of Regional Life: 1. Introduction and 'topographical description'
2. The land takes shape: the process of settlement
3. Encountering the rivers
Part II. The Human System: 4. Towns, roads, steamboat routes, and the development of a regional system
5. The system takes shape: an economic geography
6. The structure of the regional economy
Part III. The Regional Urban System: 7. The currents of trade and regional urbanization
8. Town and system: local history in a regional context
Epilogue
Appendixes
Index.