'John Caspar Wild, painter and lithographer, produced some of the earliest known depictions of urban America in the nineteenth century. This heavily illustrated book presents artist Wild's paintings and prints, and a catalogue raisonnâe identifies all ofhis known works'--Provided by publisher.

Product Description: As new towns and cities spread across the American frontier in the nineteenth century, itinerant artists soon followed, documenting these growing urban centers by drawing aerial perspectives, also known as bird's eye views. Commissioned by land speculators, local businesses, civic organizations, and individual citizens, these renderings fostered both civic pride and local commerce...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Surveys the planning of American towns and cities since the first colonial settlements (view table of contents)

Product Description: "The mighty Mississippi" has inspired writers and artists for centuries. During the nineteenth century, Mississippi River towns attracted artists who traveled throughout the United States producing detailed drawings of cities and towns, which were then printed and sold as lithographs or used as wood engravings to illustrate books and magazines...read more

Traces the development of Washington, D.C., gathers illustrations of the city, and shares visitor's impressions

Product Description: PANORAMAS OF PROMISE: PACIFIC NORTHWEST CITIES AND TOWNS ON NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITHOGRAPHS BY JOHN W. REPS. ON THE COVER IS "THE CITY OF OLYMPIA" (WASHINGTON) WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Product Description: Americans imagine the Early West as a vast expanse of almost empty land populated only by farmers, ranchers, cattle, and horses.  Now a leading scholar challenges this stereotype with his concise examination of early city planning and urban development in the region...read more

Product Description: The Description for this book, Town Planning in Frontier America, will be forthcoming.

Product Description: The Description for this book, Cities of the American West: A History of Frontier Urban Planning, will be forthcoming.

Product Description: This was /is an exhibition book shown (and published) by the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth. The lithographs or city layouts are heavy in California cities, but there are also cities shown from Nebraska, Texas, Virginia, etc. B&W and color illustrations.