Urban Growth in the Age of Sectionalism: Virginia, 1847-1861

by David R. Goldfield

Book Overview

The urban growth of Virginia during the decade and a half before the Civil War has been an unjustly neglected subject in American history. With this authoritative book David Goldfield fills a long-standing gap in historical scholarship by providing much new information and a fresh perspective on urban development in the Old Dominion during the turbulent antebellum years.

According to Goldfield's interpretation, the urbanization of Virginia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807124915
• ISBN13: 9780807124918
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"