River Towns in the Great West

River Towns in the Great West
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 0521530628
ISBN-13 : 9780521530620
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Book Synopsis River Towns in the Great West by : Timothy R. Mahoney

Download or read book River Towns in the Great West written by Timothy R. Mahoney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes, with unprecedented breadth and coverage, the development, maturation, growth, and sudden decline of a distinctive, regional urban economic system that developed along the upper Mississippi River north of St. Louis during the middle third of the nineteenth century.


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