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Did urbanization kill communities in the 19th century, or even earlier? Many historians proclaim that it did, but author Bender says otherwise. Here he argues that community survived the trials of industrialization and urbanization and remains a fundamental element of American society.

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Lively and provocative... A stunning critique of the definition of community common in twentieth-century theory... Graceful and intelligent throughout. * American Historical Review *

Lively and provocative...A stunning critique of the definition of community common in twentieth-century theory...Graceful and intelligent throughout. --'American Historical Review'

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Thomas Bender is Dean for the Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Science, University Professor of the Humanities, and professor of history at New York University. He is the author of Toward an Urban Vision, Community and Social Change in America, New York Intellect, and Budapest and New York: Studies in Metropolitan Transformation, 1870-1930.

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