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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Series Preface vii
- Contents xi
- Further Reflections on the “New” Urban History: A Prefatory Note 1
- Two Cheers for Quantitative History: An Agnostic Foreword 12
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PART ONE. THE GROWTH AND FUNCTION OF CITIES
- 1. Large-City Interdependence and the Pre-Electronic Diffusion of Innovations in the United States 51
- 2. Growth of the Central Districts in Large Cities 75
- 3. Urban Deconcentration in the Nineteenth Century: A Statistical Inquiry 110
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PART TWO. ACCOMMODATIONS TO THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
- 4. Patterns of Residence in Early Milwaukee 145
- 5. Urban Blacks in the South, 1865-1920: The Richmond, Savannah, New Orleans, Louisville and Birmingham Experience 184
- 6. Fundamentalism and Urbanization: A Quantitative Critique of Impressionistic Interpretations 205
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PART THREE. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF URBAN-HISTORICAL PHENOMENA
- 7. Urbanization and Slavery: The Issue of Compatibility 231
- 8. Urbanization and Inventiveness in the United States, 1870-1920 247
- 9. Firm Location and Optimal City Size in American History 260
- The Contributors 274
- Index of Names and Places 277
- Backmatter 285
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Series Preface vii
- Contents xi
- Further Reflections on the “New” Urban History: A Prefatory Note 1
- Two Cheers for Quantitative History: An Agnostic Foreword 12
-
PART ONE. THE GROWTH AND FUNCTION OF CITIES
- 1. Large-City Interdependence and the Pre-Electronic Diffusion of Innovations in the United States 51
- 2. Growth of the Central Districts in Large Cities 75
- 3. Urban Deconcentration in the Nineteenth Century: A Statistical Inquiry 110
-
PART TWO. ACCOMMODATIONS TO THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
- 4. Patterns of Residence in Early Milwaukee 145
- 5. Urban Blacks in the South, 1865-1920: The Richmond, Savannah, New Orleans, Louisville and Birmingham Experience 184
- 6. Fundamentalism and Urbanization: A Quantitative Critique of Impressionistic Interpretations 205
-
PART THREE. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF URBAN-HISTORICAL PHENOMENA
- 7. Urbanization and Slavery: The Issue of Compatibility 231
- 8. Urbanization and Inventiveness in the United States, 1870-1920 247
- 9. Firm Location and Optimal City Size in American History 260
- The Contributors 274
- Index of Names and Places 277
- Backmatter 285