Creating the public domain: Nineteenth-century local state formation in Britain and the United States

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-466

  DiGaetano, Alan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative urban politics; Local state; Urban political development

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; STATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646203438     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087405283164     Document Type: Article

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