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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction: Local Crossroads, Global Networks, and Frontier Cities 1
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I. Precedents: Imperial Plans and Commercial Ventures
- 1. The European Frontier City in EarlyModern Asia: Goa, Macau, and Manila 11
- 2. Colonial Projects and Frontier Practices: The First Century of New Orleans History 27
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II. Urban Sp ace and Frontier Realities in the Eighteenth Century
- 3. Insinuating Empire: Indians, Smugglers, and the Imperial Geography of Eighteenth-Century Montreal 49
- 4. On the Edge of the West: The Roots and Routes of Detroit’s Urban Eighteenth Century 66
- 5. People of the Pen, People of the Sword: Pittsburgh in 1774 87
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III. Networks and Flows: The Frontier City in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- 6. Grain Kings, Rubber Dreams, and Stock Exchanges: How Transportation and Communication Changed Frontier Cities 107
- 7. Frontier Ghosts Along the Urban Pacific Slope 121
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IV. Renderings: Visualizing and Reading the Frontier City
- 8. Locating the Frontier City in Time and Space: Documenting a Passing Phenomenon 149
- 9. Mapping the Urban Frontier and Losing Frontier Cities 165
- 10. Private Libraries and Global Worlds: Books and Print Culture in Colonial St. Louis 190
- Epilogue: Frontier Cities and the Return of Globalization 200
- Notes 209
- List of Contributors 253
- Index 255
- Acknowledgments 267
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction: Local Crossroads, Global Networks, and Frontier Cities 1
-
I. Precedents: Imperial Plans and Commercial Ventures
- 1. The European Frontier City in EarlyModern Asia: Goa, Macau, and Manila 11
- 2. Colonial Projects and Frontier Practices: The First Century of New Orleans History 27
-
II. Urban Sp ace and Frontier Realities in the Eighteenth Century
- 3. Insinuating Empire: Indians, Smugglers, and the Imperial Geography of Eighteenth-Century Montreal 49
- 4. On the Edge of the West: The Roots and Routes of Detroit’s Urban Eighteenth Century 66
- 5. People of the Pen, People of the Sword: Pittsburgh in 1774 87
-
III. Networks and Flows: The Frontier City in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- 6. Grain Kings, Rubber Dreams, and Stock Exchanges: How Transportation and Communication Changed Frontier Cities 107
- 7. Frontier Ghosts Along the Urban Pacific Slope 121
-
IV. Renderings: Visualizing and Reading the Frontier City
- 8. Locating the Frontier City in Time and Space: Documenting a Passing Phenomenon 149
- 9. Mapping the Urban Frontier and Losing Frontier Cities 165
- 10. Private Libraries and Global Worlds: Books and Print Culture in Colonial St. Louis 190
- Epilogue: Frontier Cities and the Return of Globalization 200
- Notes 209
- List of Contributors 253
- Index 255
- Acknowledgments 267