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Autore |
Abbott Carl |
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Titolo |
How cities won the West [[electronic resource] ] : four centuries of urban change in western North America / / Carl Abbott |
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Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-63529-1 |
0-8263-3314-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Histories of the American frontier |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cities and towns - West (U.S.) - History |
Cities and towns - West (U.S.) - Growth |
Cities and towns - Canada, Western - History |
Cities and towns - Canada, Western - Growth |
Metropolitan areas - West (U.S.) - Growth |
Metropolitan areas - Canada, Western - History |
West (U.S.) Economic conditions |
West (U.S.) Social life and customs |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-334) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: All roads lead to Fresno -- Outposts of empires -- Building a West of cities, 1840-1940 -- Across the wide Mississippi -- The first Pacific century -- Inland empire cities -- Garden cities -- Smokestack frontiers -- Money in the air -- Cities of homes -- Water, power, progress -- The metropolitan West since 1940 -- Wars and rumors of war -- Progress and prejudice -- The politics of diversity -- Reshaping the metropolis -- Transnational urbanism -- The long arm of the metropolitan West -- Conclusion: Urban frontiers. |
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