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Denver inside & out [[electronic resource]]



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Titolo: Denver inside & out [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Denver, : History Colorado, the Colorado Historical Society, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
Disciplina: 978.8
978.883
Soggetto geografico: Denver (Colo.) History
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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
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ISBN: 1-4571-1162-4
1-4571-1687-1
0-942576-56-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910457071503321
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Serie: Colorado history (Denver, Colo.) ; ; no. 16.