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Author:

Baldwin, Peter C., 1962-

Title:

Domesticating the street : the reform of public space in Hartford, 1850-1930 / Peter C. Baldwin.

Publisher:

Ohio State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

ix, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

City planning--Hartford--Hartford--History.
Public spaces--Hartford--Hartford--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-348) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Of Hartford seen in a different light. Horace Bushnell and the origins of segregated space -- Purifying the city -- The fight against the vice district -- Saving the newsies -- Segregating the parks -- "The children are off the streets" -- Expressmen and peddlers -- Creating a traffic system -- City plans -- Of Hartford seen in a different light.

Series:

Urban life and urban landscape series

ISBN:

9780814208243 (cloth : alk. paper)
081420824X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814250266 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814250262 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41119137

LCCN:

99028008

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)