Urban Development in European and American Discourse in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries.

Lees, Andrew

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ERIC Number: EJ425029

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Publication Date: 1990

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Urban Development in European and American Discourse in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries.

Lees, Andrew

OAH Magazine of History, v5 n2 p38-42 Fall 1990

Reviews literature of controversies surrounding the rise of big cities in Western Europe and the United States. Comments that popular concepts of unspoiled nature and biblical tradition influenced antiurbanism. Notes fears of disease, breakdown of families, and rising crime rate were major concerns. Defenders countered cities would become centers of education and enterprise. (NL)

Descriptors: Conflict, Environmental Influences, European History, Literature Reviews, Moral Issues, Municipalities, Poverty Areas, Public Health, Social Change, Social History, Social Problems, Sociocultural Patterns, Urban Problems, Urban Studies, Urbanization

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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