02890nam 2200709 a 450 991078260700332120230207230002.01-283-63529-10-8263-3314-1(CKB)1000000000720207(SSID)ssj0000173425(PQKBManifestationID)11153680(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000173425(PQKBWorkID)10163144(PQKB)10808006(MiAaPQ)EBC1118933(OCoLC)312572231(MdBmJHUP)muse7454(Au-PeEL)EBL1118933(CaPaEBR)ebr10492217(CaONFJC)MIL394774(OCoLC)793655814(EXLCZ)99100000000072020720080418d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHow cities won the West[electronic resource] four centuries of urban change in western North America /Carl AbbottAlbuquerque [N.M.] University of New Mexico Press2008x, 347 p. ill., mapsHistories of the American frontierBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8263-3313-3 0-8263-3312-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-334) and index.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.Histories of the American frontier.Cities and townsWest (U.S.)HistoryCities and townsWest (U.S.)GrowthCities and townsCanada, WesternHistoryCities and townsCanada, WesternGrowthMetropolitan areasWest (U.S.)GrowthMetropolitan areasCanada, WesternHistoryWest (U.S.)Economic conditionsWest (U.S.)Social life and customsCities and townsHistory.Cities and townsGrowth.Cities and townsHistory.Cities and townsGrowth.Metropolitan areasGrowth.Metropolitan areasHistory.307.760978Abbott Carl877632MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782607003321How cities won the West3692585UNINA