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The Limits of Power: Great Fires and the Process of City Growth in America Christine Meisner Rosen
The Limits of Power: Great Fires and the Process of City Growth in America
Christine Meisner Rosen
Chicago, Boston, and Baltimore all suffered terrible fires in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. Residents agreed that the destruction caused provided them with a special opportunity to improve their inadequately built cities. This book examines these rebuildings, using each to examine in close detail the process of city growth.
408 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 4, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521545709 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 408 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 26 mm · 632 g |
| Language | English |