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Pred, Allan R.

Urban Growth and the Circulation of Information : The United States System of Cities, 1790–1840 / Allan R. Pred. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (348 p.) : 15 figures, 32 maps, 51 tables - Harvard Studies in Urban History ; 5 .

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Figures -- Maps -- Tables -- Introduction -- 1. Pretelegraphic Information Circulation : A Prelude -- 2. The Long-Distance Flow Of Information Through Newspapers -- 3. Postal Services And Long-Distance Information Flows -- 4. Interurban Commodity Flows And Long-Distance Information Circulation -- 5. Interurban Travel And Long-Distance Information Circulation -- 6. An Urban-System Interpretation Of The Growth Of Large Cities -- 7. Pretelegraphic Patterns Of Interurban Innovation Diffusion -- 8. Modem Policy Ramifications -- Notes and Index -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674432789 9780674432857

Standard No.: 10.4159/harvard.9780674432857 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cities and towns--Growth--Case studies.
Cities and towns--Growth.
Cities and towns--History.--United States
Cities and towns.
Communication and traffic--History.--United States
Communication and traffic.
Informatieverspreiding.
Informationsaustausch.
Stadtentwicklung.
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Transports et communications--États-Unis--Histoire.
Transports et communications--États-Unis--Histoire.
Villes--Croissance--Cas, Études de.
Villes--Croissance--Cas, Études de.
Villes--États-Unis--Histoire.
Villes--États-Unis--Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.

LC Class. No.: HT123

Dewey Class. No.: 301.36/3/0973