American Urban Reader - 2nd Edition

Name: American Urban Reader - 2nd Edition
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The American Urban ReaderHistory and Theory\nAuthor(s): Lisa Krissoff Boehm, Steven Corey\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138041066, 978-1138041066\nSynopsis\nThe American Urban Reader, Second Edition, brings together the most exciting and cutting-edge work on the history of urban forms and ways of life in the evolution of the United States, from pre-colonial Native American Indian cities, colonial European settlements, and western expansion, to rapidly expanding metropolitan regions, the growth of suburbs, and post-industrial cities.\n\nEach chapter is arranged chronologically and thematically around scholarly essays from historians, social scientists, and journalists, and is supplemented by relevant primary documents that offer more nuanced perspectives and convey the diversity and interdisciplinary nature of the study of the urban condition. Building upon the success of the First Edition, and responding to i.