Public Markets and Civic Culture in Nineteenth-Century America

by Helen Tangires and Tangires

Book Overview

Helen Tangires examines the role of the public marketplace - social and architectural - as a key site in the development of civic culture in America. More than simply places for buying and selling food, Tangires explains, municipally owned and operated markets were the common ground where citizens and government struggled to define the shared values of the community. Public markets were vital to civic policy and reflected the profound belief in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801871336
• ISBN13: 9780801871337
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher