Historians have largely ignored the western city; although a number of specialized studies have appeared in recent years, this volume is the first to assess the

This volume is the first to assess the importance of the urban frontier in broad fashion. Lawrence H. Larsen studies the process of urbanization as it occurred

Why have so many central and inner cities in Europe, North America and Australia been so radically revamped in the last three decades, converting urban decay in

Spectacular modern aerial photographs of twenty-three of the towns dramatically illustrate changes to the urban scene and demonstrate the lasting influence of t

How conflict sparked by the debate over the future of slavery remade the urban West.