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The American city : a social and cultural history / Daniel J. Monti, Jr.

The American city : a social and cultural history / Dan...

The American city : a social and cultural history / Daniel J. Monti, Jr.

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The American city : a social and cultural history / Daniel J. Monti, Jr.

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Full title

The American city : a social and cultural history / Daniel J. Monti, Jr.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Publishers, 1999.

Date

1999.

Call Numbers

N307.76/ 89

Record Identifier

74VvozO8emdg

MMS ID

991013224039702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

viii, 391 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents

1. What Makes the Good Society? -- 2. We Are a Bourgeois People Who Made an Urban World -- 3. On Small Towns and Their "Citified" Ways -- 4. The Civic Culture of American Cities -- 5. Belonging and Sharing -- 6. Piety and Tolerance -- 7. Private Lives and Public Worlds -- 8. Doing Well by Doing Good...

1. What Makes the Good Society? -- 2. We Are a Bourgeois People Who Made an Urban World --3. On Small Towns and Their "Citified" Ways -- 4. The Civic Culture of American Cities -- 5. Belonging and Sharing -- 6. Piety and Tolerance -- 7. Private Lives and Public Worlds -- 8. Doing Well by Doing Good...

Publication information

Publisher

Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Publishers, 1999.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1999.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"Does America have a sense of community and a vital civic culture? Are disparate groups capable of uniting as a single people who can call themselves "Americans?" Do Americans help each other for the common good?"--BOOK JACKET. "Daniel J. Monti, Jr. addresses these questions in this wide-ranging volume spanning three hundred years of American civic...

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Full title

The American city : a social and cultural history / Daniel J. Monti, Jr.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English.

Contextual Information

Related resource (online)

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N307.76/ 89

Record Identifier

74VvozO8emdg

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvozO8emdg

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ISBN

1557869189 (pbk.) :

9781557869173(cased) :

1557869170(cased) :

9781557869180(pbk.) :

1557869189(pbk.) :

9781557869173 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1557869170 (hardcover : alk. paper)

9781557869180 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1557869189 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9781557869173 (cased) :

1557869170 (cased) :

9781557869180 (pbk.) :

DDC

307.760973

MMS ID

991013224039702626

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