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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457071503321

Titolo

Denver inside & out [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Denver, : History Colorado, the Colorado Historical Society, 2011

ISBN

1-4571-1162-4

1-4571-1687-1

0-942576-56-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Colorado history, , 1091-7438 ; ; no. 16

Disciplina

978.8

978.883

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Denver (Colo.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Forward!; Contents; Building Denver; Rails to the Rockies; Denver's Pioneer Medical Community: 1858-1900; "A Premonition of Our Future Grandeur"; Women's Space; Assembling a More Perfect Machine; Denver's Disorderly Women; The Colorado Women of the Ku Klux Klan; Cultural Identity; In Search of Wealth and Health; "I Am a Denver Indian!"; Urban Nature; A Gateway Into the Mountains; Modern Mountain Views; Inventing Cherry Creek; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Denver turned 150 just a few years ago--not too shabby for a city so down on its luck in 1868 that Cheyenne boosters deemed it ""too dead to bury."" Still, most of the city's history is a recent memory: Denver's entire story spans just two human lifetimes. In Denver Inside and Out, eleven authors illustrate how pioneers built enduring educational, medical, and transportation systems; how Denver's social and political climate contributed to the elevation of women; how Denver residents wrestled with-and exploited-the city's natural features; and how diverse cultural groups became an essential