The Rise of the City, 1878-1898

Author/Contributor(s):	Schlesinger, Arthur Meier
Publisher:	Ohio State University Press
Date:	08/01/1999
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The Rise of the City, first published in 1933, chronicles the fundamental shift from America as a rural agricultural society to America as an urban industrial center. Schlesinger suggested that the cities, not the frontier, have shaped our nation's story. With a new introduction by Andrea Tuttle Kornbluh.