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American Towns
David J. Russo
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Description for American Towns
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 b&w photographs and drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
For the vast majority of Americans who lived in rural settings from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth century, the small town provided the most important context for their lives. The town was a focal point and trade center chiefly for farmers but also for fishermen, loggers, miners, and even industrial workers as long as industrial production depended upon waterpower. Rural Americans needed community, and towns filled their economic, political, social, and cultural needs. David Russo’s history of these communities is a unique and engaging work of history, an overview of the founding, development, and varieties of life of American ... Read more
For the vast majority of Americans who lived in rural settings from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth century, the small town provided the most important context for their lives. The town was a focal point and trade center chiefly for farmers but also for fishermen, loggers, miners, and even industrial workers as long as industrial production depended upon waterpower. Rural Americans needed community, and towns filled their economic, political, social, and cultural needs. David Russo’s history of these communities is a unique and engaging work of history, an overview of the founding, development, and varieties of life of American ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566633482
SKU
V9781566633482
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About David J. Russo
David J. Russo is professor of history at McMaster University. His other books include American History from a Global Perspective, Clio Confused, and Keepers of Our Past, which Choice named an outstanding book in 1988-1989. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.
Reviews for American Towns
A must read.
Sally Brown
Richmond Times-Dispatch
A vivid, bittersweet journey...tightly woven and convincing.
Library Journal
Russo's work is a welcome look back at a subject that is irrevocably linked to the American experience.
Mike Tsichlis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
An all-embracing narrative...a success.
Jonathan Yardley
The Review of Higher Education ... Read more
Sally Brown
Richmond Times-Dispatch
A vivid, bittersweet journey...tightly woven and convincing.
Library Journal
Russo's work is a welcome look back at a subject that is irrevocably linked to the American experience.
Mike Tsichlis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
An all-embracing narrative...a success.
Jonathan Yardley
The Review of Higher Education ... Read more