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In the major new work of urban history, Allan Pred interprets the process by which major cities grew and the entire city-system of the United States developed during the antebellum decades 1840-1860. This period was marked by the most rapid urbanization the nation has ever seen. It was a time not only of industrialization but also of massive reorganization of the country's resources.Pred, Allan R. is the author of 'Urban Growth and City-Systems in the United States, 1840-1860' with ISBN 9780674930919 and ISBN 0674930916.
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