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Taking the Land to Make the City : A Bicoastal History of North America /

The history of the United States is often told as a movement westward, beginning at the Atlantic coast and following farmers across the continent. But cities played an equally important role in the country's formation. Towns sprung up along the Pacific as well as the Atlantic, as Spaniards and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ryan, Mary P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Part I TAKING THE LAND
  • Chapter 1 BEFORE THE LAND WAS TAKEN
  • Chapter 2 THE BRITISH AND THE AMERICANS TAKE THE CHESAPEAKE
  • Chapter 3 THE LAND OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY Cleared but Not Taken
  • Part II MAKING THE MUNICIPALITY The City and the Pueblo
  • Chapter 4 ERECTING BALTIMORE INTO A CITY Democracy as Urban Space, 1796-1819
  • Chapter 5 SHAPING THE SPACES OF CALIFORNIA Ranchos, Plazas, and Pueblos, 1821-1846
  • Part III MAKING THE MODERN CAPITALIST CITY
  • Chapter 6 MAKING BALTIMORE A MODERN CITY, 1828-1854
  • Chapter 7 THE CAPITALIST "PUEBLO" Selling San Francisco, 1847-1856
  • Part IV THESE UNITED CITIES
  • Chapter 8 BALTIMORE, SAN FRANCISCO, AND THE CIVIL WAR
  • EPILOGUE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • INDEX