City Building on the Eastern Frontier

America's westward expansion involved more than pushing the frontier across the Mississippi toward the Pacific; it also consisted of urbanizing undeveloped regions of the colonial states. In 1810, New York's future governor DeWitt Clinton marveled that the "rage for erecting villages is a perfect ma...

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Main Author: Shaw, Diane
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2022
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Online Access:ONIX_20220715_9781421429328_556
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