The Public City: The Political Construction of Urban Life in San Francisco, 1850-1900
- ISBN-10
- 0520230019
- ISBN-13
- 9780520230019
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 464
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-07-06
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Philip J. Ethington
Description
A new look at how the issues of concern in the public sphere were influenced by journalism and political organizing in American cities in the second half of the 19th century.
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