Why do cities look the way they do? In this intriguing new book, Mona Domosh seeks to answer this question by comparing the strikingly different landscapes of two great American cities, Boston and New York. Although these two cities appeared to be quite similar through the eighteenth century, distinctive characteristics emerged as social and economic differences developed. Domosh explores the physical differences between Boston and New York, comparing building patterns and architectural styles to show how a society’s vision creates its own distinctive urban form. Cities, Domosh contends, are visible representations of individual and group beliefs, values, tensions, and fears. Using an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses economics, politics, architecture, historical and cultural geography, and urban studies, Domosh shows how the middle and upper classes of Boston and New York, the "building elite," inscribed their visions of social order and social life on four landscape features during the latter half of the nineteenth century: New York’s retail district and its commercial skyscrapers, and Boston’s Back Bay and its Common and park system. New York’s self-expression translated into unlimited commercial and residential expansion, conspicuous consumption, and architecture designed to display wealth and prestige openly. Boston, in contrast, focused more on culture. The urban gentry limited skyscraper construction, prevented commercial development of Boston Common, and maintained homes and parks near the business district. Many fascinating lithographs illustrate the two cities’ contrasting visions.

Invented Cities: The Creation of Landscape in Nineteenth-Century New York and Boston

History

Domosh, Mona

Americas

Yale University Press

Human Mosaic, A thematic Introduction to Cultural Geography, Study Guide to Accompany

Jordan-Bychkov, Terry G.

Reference

Addison-Wesley

American Commodities in an Age of Empire

This is a novel interpretation of the relationship between consumerism, commercialism, and imperialism during the first empire building era of America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Unlike other empires in history, which were typically built on military power, the first American empire was primarily a commercial one, dedicated to pushing products overseas and dominating foreign markets. While the American government was important, it was the great capitalist firms of America – Heinz, Singer, McCormick, Kodak, Standard Oil – that drove the imperial process, explicitly linking the purchase of consumer goods overseas with 'civilization'. Their persistent message to America's prospective customers was, 'buy American products and join the march of progress'. Domosh also explores how the images of peoples overseas conveyed through goods elevated America's sense of itself in the world.

Routledge

This is a novel interpretation of the relationship between consumerism, commercialism, and imperialism during the first empire building era of America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Unlike other empires in history, which were typically built on military power, the first American empire was primarily a commercial one, dedicated to pushing products overseas and dominating foreign markets. While the American government was important, it was the great capitalist firms of America – Heinz, Singer, McCormick, Kodak, Standard Oil – that drove the imperial process, explicitly linking the purchase of consumer goods overseas with 'civilization'. Their persistent message to America's prospective customers was, 'buy American products and join the march of progress'. Domosh also explores how the images of peoples overseas conveyed through goods elevated America's sense of itself in the world.

The eighth edition of this text portrays the cultural geography of the world. Organized according to a thematic framework, the text encourages students to consider a wide range of topics and view them from five different perspectives: culture region, cultural diffusion, cultural ecology, cultural integration, and cultural landscape. Balancing traditional human geography with the current insights, this edition includes expanded and thoroughly updated coverage, as well as new pedagogy.

The Human Mosaic: A Thematic Introduction to Cultural Geography, 8th Edition

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

W.H.Freeman

Human Mosaic Study Guide

W.H.Freeman & Co.

The new edition of the bestselling human geography text enhances its unique thematic approach with new chapters, expanded coverage and pedagogy, a stronger art program, and new integrated media and supplements.

The Human Mosaic, Ninth Edition: A Thematic Introduction to Cultural Geography

Carrying forward the legacy of original author Terry Jordan-Bychkov, Mona Domosh and new coauthors Roderick Neumann and Patricia Price offer this thoroughly updated new edition of the acclaimed introduction to the cultural geography of the world today.  The result is a text that maintains its original distinctive style while addressing contemporary issues and situations that students care about, most importantly, the continuing phenomenon of globalization. The Thematic Approach of The Human MosaicThe Human Mosaic introduces five themes in the opening chapter--culture region, cultural diffusion, cultural ecology, cultural interaction, and cultural landscape--then uses those themes as a framework for the topical chapters that follow. Each theme is applied to a variety of geographical topics: demography, agriculture, the city, religion, language, ethnicity, politics, industry, folk and popular culture. Through this organization, students are able to relate to the most important aspects of cultural geography at every point in the text.

Study Guide for The Human Mosaic, Ninth Edition

Kukral, Michael

Carrying forward the legacy of original author Terry Jordan-Bychkov, Mona Domosh and new coauthors Roderick Neumann and Patricia Price offer this thoroughly updated new edition of the acclaimed introduction to the cultural geography of the world today. The result is a text that maintains its original distinctive style while addressing contemporary issues and situations that students care about, most importantly, the continuing phenomenon of globalization. The Thematic Approach of The Human Mosaic The Human Mosaic introduces five themes in the opening chapter--culture region, cultural diffusion, cultural ecology, cultural interaction, and cultural landscape--then uses those themes as a framework for the topical chapters that follow. Each theme is applied to a variety of geographical topics: demography, agriculture, the city, religion, language, ethnicity, politics, industry, folk and popular culture. Through this organization, students are able to relate to the most important aspects of cultural geography at every point in the text.

The Human Mosaic

Neumann, Roderick P.

Price, Patricia L.

Book by Jordan-Bychkov, Terry G., Domosh, Mona, Neumann, Roderick P., Price, Patricia L., Pearce, Margaret

Human Mosaic & Exploring Human Geography with Maps Workbook

Pearce, Margaret

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Invented Cities: The Creation of Landscape in Nineteenth-Century New York and Boston

Human Mosaic, A thematic Introduction to Cultural Geography, Study Guide to Accompany

American Commodities in an Age of Empire

American Commodities in an Age of Empire

The Human Mosaic: A Thematic Introduction to Cultural Geography, 8th Edition

Human Mosaic Study Guide

The Human Mosaic, Ninth Edition: A Thematic Introduction to Cultural Geography

Study Guide for The Human Mosaic, Ninth Edition

The Human Mosaic

Human Mosaic & Exploring Human Geography with Maps Workbook