City people : the rise of modern city culture in nineteenth-century America / Gunther Barth.

Main entry:

Barth, Gunther Paul, author.

Title & Author:

City people : the rise of modern city culture in nineteenth-century America / Gunther Barth.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1980.

Description:

viii, 289 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index.
Introduction -- Modern city culture -- Divided space -- Metropolitan press -- Department store -- Ball park -- Vaudeville house -- Epilogue: Resilient city.

Summary:

Depicts the development of such aspects of urban culture as apartment buildings, metropolitan newspapers, department stores, baseball parks, and vaudeville.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0195027558
9780195027556
9780195027532 (pbk.)
0195027531 (pbk.)
9780195031942 (pbk.)
0195031946 (pbk.)

Subject:

Cities and towns United States Growth History 19th century.
Urbanization United States History 19th century.
Villes États-Unis Croissance Histoire 19e siècle.
Urbanisation États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Cities and towns Growth.
Urbanization.
Stadt
Urbanisatie.
Stadscultuur.
United States.
USA

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Rise of modern city culture in nineteenth-century America

Holdings:

Location: Library main 5244
Call No.: 6530; ID:85-B4459
Status: Available

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