Instant Cities: Urbanization and the Rise of San Francisco and Denver, Volume 1

Gunther Paul Barth, Professor of History Gunther Barth

Oxford University Press, 1975 - History - 310 pages

A reprint of the Oxford U. Press edition of 1975 with a new introduction (20 p.). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents

• Variations of a City Type: 3
• Temple City: 39
• Urban Experiences in the Far West: 61
• Wilderness: 92
• Reluctant Citizens: 128
• A Minimum of Order: 155
• Culture for the Moment: 182
• Technology Stimulates Transition: 208

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About the author

The historian Gunther Barth was born January 10, 1925 in Duesseldorf, Germany. He came to the United States with his parents in 1951 and became a naturalized citizen in 1960. He earned a B.A. and M.A. degrees at the University of Oregon (1955 and 1957); and a Ph.D. at Harvard University (1962). Barth has been teaching at the University of California at Berkeley since 1962. He became a professor there in 1971 and was a Fulbright professor at the University of Cologne in 1970-71. His professional memberships include the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians. He received the American Historical Association Pacific Coast Branch award in 1965 and a Guggenheim fellowship for 1968-69. Barth has used his vast fund of historical knowledge to develop his area of expertise: the progression of cities in the United States. He has written two books with this theme: Instant Cities (1975) and City People (1980). City People, his best known work, has been compared to a Cecil B. De Mille spectacular in book form. He has also written All Quiet on the Yamhill (1959), Bitter Strength (1964), and Fleeting Moments: Nature and Culture in American History (1990), as well as numerous essays for periodicals and collections.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Instant Cities: Urbanization and the Rise of San Francisco and Denver, Volume 1; Instant Cities: Urbanization and the Rise of San Francisco and Denver, Gunther Paul Barth; Urban life in America series
• Authors: Gunther Paul Barth, Professor of History Gunther Barth
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1975
• ISBN: 0195018990, 9780195018998
• Length: 310 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / 19th Century