The Urbanization of Modern America: A Brief History

by Zane L. Miller

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0155936573
• ISBN13: 9780155936577
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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The Urbanization of Modern America by Zane Miller

This book would make a perfect addition to your child's personallibrary. It would be helpful in almost any social studiesproject at school. The book covers the growing urbanization inAmerica. There are scenes depicting Broadway in NY in the mid1850s, downtown Seattle at the turn of the century circa 1904,the Brooklyn Bridge during 1898 and an artist's depictionof New York in 100 years. The work covers the organizationof work in the City, the process of industrialization, populationgrowth, attempts at political reform and the growing Federalinvolvement in funding the cities. The dynamics of the movementfrom the farm to the city is explained together with thedemography and population implications. The work depictsa bar graph with 100T housing starts during the Great Depressionwhich grew to over 1.2MM starts by the late 1940s.This book is a goldmine for American History buffs, city planners and a host of other interested professionals .The pictures alone are well-worth the price of this book.