New Towns in the New World

Résumé du livre

In New Towns in the New World, David Hamer argues that there occurred in the nineteenth century a process of urban settlement in new societies that had causes and characteristics which transcended national boundaries, from their Old World-New World contrasts and conflicts to their attitudes towards "wilderness" and "nature." Hamer breaks new ground by offering both a contemplative and contemporary dimension on the subject. Drawing on materials from four "new societies" of the nineteenth century, the American and Canadian West, Australia and New Zealand, Hamer has analyzed a vast collection of original sources, including travel books, emigrants' guidebooks, novels, art, booster publications, and settlers' reminiscences and letters.