urban life and urban spaces in the new American republic Upton, Dell. creator text bibliography ctu New Haven Yale University Press c2008 2008 monographic eng

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x, 395 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm. Introduction -- Part I. The lived city -- Cities of perpetual ruin and repair -- The relics of civilized life -- The smell of danger -- Noise and gabble -- Seeing and believing -- Part II. Metropolitan improvements -- The grid and the republican spatial imagination -- Gridding consumption -- Permutations of the pigeonhole : architecture as memory -- Gridding the graveyard -- Gridded utopias -- Part III. Public spaces and private citizens -- On the waterfront -- In public walks -- Conclusion. Dell Upton. Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-386) and index. Cities and towns United States History 19th century City planning United States History 19th century United States History 19th century 307.760973 UPT 9780300124880 (cloth : alk. paper) http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip089/2008001346.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip089/2008001346.html DLC 080110 20200316165217.0