Public Markets and Civic Culture in Nineteenth-Century America

by Helen Tangires and Tangires

Book Overview

Originally published in 2003. In Public Markets and Civic Culture in Nineteenth-Century America Helen Tangires examines the role of the public marketplace--social and architectural--as a key site in the development of civic culture in America. More than simply places for buying and selling food, Tangires explains, municipally owned and operated markets were the common ground where citizens and government struggled to define the shared values of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421437422
• ISBN13: 9781421437422
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"