Aberrant cities: Urban population loss in the united states, 1820-1930

Urban Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 672-690

  Beauregard, Robert A ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

19th century cities; Comparative urban geography; Population loss; Postwar urban decline

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DECLINE; URBAN HISTORY; URBAN POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442688997     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.24.8.672     Document Type: Article

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