Encyclopedia of American Urban History

by David R. Goldfield (editor)

After a generation of pathbreaking scholarship that has reoriented and enlightened our perception of the American city, the two volumes of the Encyclopedia of American Urban History offer both a summary and an interpretation of the field. With contributions from leading academics in their fields, this authoritative resource offers an interdisciplinary approach by covering topics from economics, geography, anthropology, politics, and sociology.

1056 pages, Hardcover

First published December 7, 2006

About the author

Dr. David Goldfield is the Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. He has written several books on American history, two of which have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He holds a Ph.D from the University of Maryland.