Taking the land to make the city : a bicoastal history of North America / / Mary P. Ryan
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| Autore: |
Ryan Mary P.
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| Titolo: |
Taking the land to make the city : a bicoastal history of North America / / Mary P. Ryan
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| Pubblicazione: | Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , 2019 |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (465 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 979.4/6104 |
| Soggetto topico: | City planning - California - San Francisco - History |
| City planning - Maryland - Baltimore - History | |
| Social change - Environmental aspects | |
| Soggetto geografico: | San Francisco (Calif.) History 19th century |
| Baltimore (Md.) History 19th century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Part 1. Taking the land -- Before the land was taken -- The British and the Americans take the Chesapeake -- The land of San Francisco Bay: cleared but not taken -- pt. 2. Making the municipality: the city and the pueblo -- Erecting Baltimore into a city : democracy as urban space, 1796-1819 -- Shaping the spaces of California : ranchos, plazas and pueblos, 1821-1846 -- pt. 3. Making the modern capitalist city -- Making Baltimore a modern city, 1828-1854 -- The capitalist "pueblo" : selling San Francisco 1847-1856 -- pt. 4. These united cities -- Baltimore, San Francisco and the Civil War -- Epilogue. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Taking the land to make the city |
| ISBN: | 1-4773-1784-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910467294103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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