Urban growth and the circulation of information the United States system of cities, 1790-1840 Pred, Allan 1936-2007 creator author. Harvard University Press, publisher. text bibliography Case studies. mau 1973 1973 monographic eng print xiv, 348 pages : illustrations (black-&-white), maps ; 24 cm This book analyzes how information circulated before the telegraph. Using newspapers and their contents, postal services, the volume of commodity trade, and travel patterns to analyze information circulation, the author describes the interrelationships among the large cities during the period from 1790 to 1840. His principal concern, however, is with general urban-growth and locational processes. Developments between 1790 and 1840 are studied in order to understand the growth process of all systems of cities, both past and present. 1. Pretelegraphic Information Circulation: A Prelude -- 2. The Long Distance Flow of Information Through Newspapers -- 3. Postal Services and Long-Distance Information Flows -- 4. Interurban Commodity Flows and Long-Distance Information Circulation -- 5. Interurban Travel and Long-Distance Information Circulation -- 6. An Urban-System Interpretation of the Growth of Large Cities -- 7. Pretelegraphic Patterns of Interurban Innovation Diffusion -- 8. Modern Policy Ramifications. general [by] Allan R. Pred. Includes bibliographical references and index. Text in English. n-us--- Universidad Sergio Arboleda 1783-1865 fast Cities and towns United States History United States History 1783-1865 United States Massachusetts Middlesex Cambridge HT123 .P7 301.36/3/0973 301.36/3/0973 15.85 Urban growth and the circulation of information Pred, Allan, 1936- Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1973 (OCoLC)655056624 Harvard studies in urban history 0674930908 73076384 DLC 740220 20151012095913.0 in00000455812 eng