Cities of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-century Images of Urban Development
- ISBN-10
- 0826209394
- ISBN-13
- 9780826209399
- Category
- Cities and towns
- Pages
- 342
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press
- Author
- John William Reps
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