Frontier cities : encounters at the crossroads of empire / edited by Jay Gitlin, Barbara Berglund, and Adam Arenson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arenson, Adam, 1978-

Sokolov, Barbara Berglund.

Gitlin, Jay.

University of Pennsylvania. Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderlands--North America--History.

Borderlands.

City and town life--North America--History.

City and town life.

Frontier and pioneer life--North America.

Frontier and pioneer life.

History.

North America.

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Penn Press e-books.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Contents:

I Precedents: Imperial Plans and Commercial Ventures 9

1 The European Frontier City in EarlyModern Asia: Goa, Macau, and Manila / Alan Gallay Gallay, Alan 11

2 Colonial Projects and Frontier Practices: The First Century of New Orleans History / Daniel H. Usner Usner, Daniel H. 27

II Urban Space and Frontier Realities in the Eighteenth Century 47

3 Insinuating Empire: Indians, Smugglers, and the Imperial Geography of Eighteenth-Century Montreal / Brett Rushforth Rushforth, Brett 49

4 On the Edge of the West: The Roots and Routes of Detroit's Urban Eighteenth Century / Karen Marrero Marrero, Karen 66

5 People of the Pen, People of the Sword: Pittsburgh in 1774 / Carolyn Gilman Gilman, Carolyn 87

III Networks and Flows: The Frontier City in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 105

6 Grain Kings, Rubber Dreams, and Stock Exchanges: How Transportation and Communication Changed Frontier Cities / Elliott West West, Elliott 107

7 Frontier Ghosts Along the Urban Pacific Slope / Matthew Klingle Klingle, Matthew 121

IV Renderings: Visualizing and Reading the Frontier City 147

8 Locating the Frontier City in Time and Space: Documenting a Passing Phenomenon / Timothy R. Mahoney Mahoney, Timothy R. 149

9 Mapping the Urban Frontier and Losing Frontier Cities / Peter J. Kastor Kastor, Peter J. 165

10 Private Libraries and Global Worlds: Books and Print Culture in Colonial St. Louis / John Neal Hoover Hoover, John Neal 190.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780812207576

0812207572

OCLC:

830022835

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.