Taking the land to make the city : a bicoastal history of North America / Mary P. Ryan.
| Author/creator |
Ryan, Mary P. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2019. |
| Description | viii, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Contents | pt. 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-412) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018019184 |
| ISBN | 9781477317839 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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