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How cities won the West [[electronic resource] ] : four centuries of urban change in western North America / / Carl Abbott



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Autore: Abbott Carl Visualizza persona
Titolo: How cities won the West [[electronic resource] ] : four centuries of urban change in western North America / / Carl Abbott Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008
Descrizione fisica: x, 347 p. : ill., maps
Disciplina: 307.760978
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) Economic conditions
West (U.S.) Social life and customs
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-334) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: How cities won the West  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-63529-1
0-8263-3314-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910817557403321
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Serie: Histories of the American frontier.