Streetcar Suburbs (Paperback)

Sam Bass Warner, Jr.

ISBN 10: 0674842111 / ISBN 13: 9780674842113

Verlag: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1978

Paperback. In the last third of the nineteenth century Boston grew from a crowded merchant town, in which nearly everybody walked to work, to the modern divided metropolis. The street railway created this division of the metropolis into an inner city of commerce and slums and an outer city of commuters' suburbs. Streetcar Suburbs tells who built the new city, and why, and how.Included here is a new Introduction that considers the present suburb/city dichotomy and suggests what we can learn from it to assure a livable city of the future. In the last third of the 19th century Boston grew from a crowded merchant town, in which nearly everybody walked to work, to a modern divided metropolis. The street railway created this division of the metropolis into an inner city of commerce and slums and an outer city of commuter suburbs. This book tells who built the new city, and why, and how. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780674842113

Inhaltsangabe:

In the last third of the nineteenth century the American city grew from a crowded merchant town, in which neatly everybody walked to work, to the modern divided metropolis. The street railway created this division of the metropolis into an inner city of commerce and slums and an outer city of commuters' suburbs. This book tells who built the new city, and why, and how.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Sam Bass Warner, Jr., is Visiting Professor of Urban History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Streetcar Suburbs (Paperback)
Verlag: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass
Erscheinungsdatum: 1978
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: new
Auflage: 2. Auflage