Richard Clement Wade

Richard Clement Wade (1921? - July 18, 2008) was an urban studies professor who advised many Democratic politicians and candidates, including Adlai Stevenson, Robert F. Kennedy and George McGovern.cite news|last=Grimes|first=William|title=Richard Wade, 87, Urban Historian, Dies |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/nyregion/25wade.html?em&ex=1217217600&en=c768348d883886ce&ei=5087%0A |quote=Richard C. Wade, who helped put cities on the map as an academic subject and who advised Democratic candidates including Adlai Stevenson, Robert F. Kennedy and George McGovern, died last Friday at his home on Roosevelt Island in New York City. He was 87. |work=New York Times |date=July 25, 2008 |accessdate=2008-07-26] As a historian, he pioneered the application of social science techniques to the study of urban history and helped make cities an important academic subject. His first book, "The Urban Frontier" (1959), was a challenge to Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis, asserting that the catalysts for western expansion were the western cities like Pittsburgh, Louisville and Cincinnati, not the pioneer farmers.

Works

*"The Urban Frontier" (1959)
*"Slavery in the Cities: The South, 1820-1860" (1964)
*"Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis" (1973) (with Harold Mayer)

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