The urban frontier : the rise of western cities, 1790-1830
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The urban frontier : the rise of western cities, 1790-1830
University of Illinois Press, 1996
Illini Books ed
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Originally published: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1959, in series: Harvard historical monographs
Bibliography: p. [343]-345
Includes index
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When The Urban Frontier was first published it roused attention because it held that settlers made a concerted effort to bring established institutions and ways to their new country. This differed markedly from the then-dominant Turnerian hypothesis that a culture's identity and behavior was determined by its history and experience in a particular social and physical environment. The Urban Frontier is still considered one of the most important books in urban history. This printing of the now-classic Wade volume features a new introduction by Zane L. Miller.
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