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The Limits of Power: Great Fires and the Process of City Growth in America Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Rosen, Christine Meisner (Author)

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ISBN: 0521545706     ISBN-13: 9780521545709
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $36.09  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2003
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Annotation: Chicago, Boston, and Baltimore all suffered terrible fires in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. Residents of these cities agreed that the destruction caused by the fires provided them with a special opportunity to improve their inadequately built cities. This book examines these rebuildings, using each to examine in close detail the process of city growth. The massive population growth and economic expansion of the nineteenth century necessitated that every aspect of the urban environment be redeveloped. Yet, at virtually every stage of city growth, the achievement of environmental adaptation lagged significantly behind the need for change. The innovative features of this book will make it useful to all readers interested in city growth. By drawing on several fields of the social sciences, the author develops a conceptual framework for explaining the barriers to environmental improvement; and through the historical narrative, the usefulness of this framework is demonstrated.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - General
- Social Science | Sociology - Urban
Dewey: 307.760
Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.1" W x 8.98" L (1.41 lbs) 408 pages
Features: Illustrated
 
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