The Rise of the Urban South
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Operating under an outmoded system of urban development and faced by the vicissitudes of the Civil War and Reconstruction, southerners in the nineteenth century built a network of cities that met the needs of their society. In this pioneering exploration of that intricate story, Lawrence H. Larsen shows that in the antebellum period, southern entrepreneurs built cities in layers to facilitate the movement of cotton. First came the colonial cities, followed by those of the piedmont, the New West,
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813153476
ISBN13:9780813153476
Release Date:July 2014
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.77 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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