CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. HARVARD STUDIES IN URBAN HISTORY ii
3. PREFACE vii
4. CONTENTS xiii
5. ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS xiv
6. TABLES xvi
7. PART ONE THE PIONEER MERCHANTS
8. 1 THE WESTWARD MIGRATION 3
9. 2 THE 1850s 32
10. 3 OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY 60
11. 4 PROPERTY, CREDIT, AND PERSISTENCE 87
12. 5 THE SOCIAL FABRIC 106
13. PART TWO THE SECOND GENERATION
14. 6 THE CIVIL WAR, RAILROADS, AND MANUFACTURING 147
15. 7 A NEW MERCHANT GENERATION 170
16. 8 A SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE URBAN LANDSCAPE 196
17. 9 A VIEW TOWARD THE NOB 231
18. 10 CONCLUSION 250
19. APPENDIXES 265
20. NOTES 273
21. INDEX 325