A tale of two cities: Using tax records to develop GIS files for mapping and understanding nineteenth-century U.S. cities

Historical Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-38

  DeBats, Donald A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mapping small cities; Spatial analysis; U.S. political history; U.S. urban history

Indexed keywords

GIS; MAPPING; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PLANNING HISTORY; POLITICAL HISTORY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN HISTORY;

ALEXANDRIA; CANADA; KENTUCKY; NEWPORT [RHODE ISLAND]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 42649119146     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/HMTS.41.1.17-38     Document Type: Article

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