Main entry:

McKelvey, Blake, 1903-2000.

Title & Author:

The urbanization of America, [1860-1915].

Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press [1963]

Description:

370 pages illustrations 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Pt. I: "The rise of the city", 1860-1910 : -- Diffusion of urban sites -- Emergence of industrial cities -- Transformation of the metropolis -- Lure of the city -- Pt. II: Building and governing the cities : from horse cars to rapid transit -- "Shame of the cities" -- Civic renaissance -- Planning the city beautiful -- Pt. III: Urban institutions and social tensions : workers and their unions -- From charity to community welfare -- Emergence of the social gospel -- Pervasive vitality of the city schools -- Pt. IV: Forging an urban culture, 1860-1910 : Urban recreation -- Entertainment and the arts -- Graphic arts and the sciences -- Literature and learning in cities -- Pt. V: The culmination of a half-century of urbanization, 1910-1915 : Triumph of metropolitan regionalism -- Civic and social Armageddon -- Cultural fulfillment and disenchantment.

ISBN:

081350421X
9780813504216

Subject:

Urbanization United States.
Political science.
Economics.
Histoire des institutions Institutions politiques États-Unis Doctrine.
Science politique.
Économie politique.
Urbanisation États-Unis.
political science.
economics.
Economic history
Urbanization
Verstädterung
United States Economic conditions 1865-1918.
États-Unis Conditions économiques 1865-1918.
United States
USA
Geschichte 1860-1915

Holdings:

Location: Library main 4188
Call No.: W5661; ID:87-B20024
Status: Available