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UNINA9910781889103321 |
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Titolo |
Denver inside & out [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Denver, : History Colorado, the Colorado Historical Society, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-4571-1162-4 |
1-4571-1687-1 |
0-942576-56-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (145 p.) |
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Collana |
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Colorado history, , 1091-7438 ; ; no. 16 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Geography - Colorado |
Denver (Colo.) History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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