River Towns in the Great West - The Structure of Provincial Urbanization in American Midwest, 1820

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This book analyzes! with unprecedented breadth and coverage! the development! maturation! growth! and sudden decline of a distinctive! regional urban economic system that developed along the upper Mississippi River north of St. Louis during the middle third of the nineteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy R. Mahoney, Mahoney Timothy R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.1990
• EAN: 9780521361309
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36130-9
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, US Midwest