{"product_id":"the-rise-of-the-city-arthur-meier-schlesinger-9780814250389","title":"The Rise of the City, 1878-1898","description":"\u003cp\u003eArthur Meier Schlesinger (1888-1965) was one of the most influential historians of the first half of the twentieth century. He encouraged new approaches to the study of history, and he played a founding role in the study of the city in American culture. His classic work, The Rise of the City, was first published in 1933 and was reprinted repeatedly during the next forty years. Beginning in the rural South and West and concluding with the triumph of urban civilization. Schlesinger definitively chronicled the fundamental shift from America as a rural agricultural society to America as an urban industrial center. He further suggested that the cities, not Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier, have shaped our nation's story. Andrea Tuttle Kornbluh has written a new introduction's story. Andrea Tuttle Kornbluh has written a new introduction for this edition, placing Schlesinger's achievements in the context of the development of American urban studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur Meier Schlesinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814250386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814250389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.53h x 5.52w x 1.24d","brand":"Arthur Meier Schlesinger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120314052863,"sku":"9780814250389","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94021037-3eb6-436b-8648-bd49fe9febf2.jpg?v=1687413656","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rise-of-the-city-arthur-meier-schlesinger-9780814250389","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}