Uniting mountain & plain [[electronic resource] ] : cities, law, and environmental change along the front range / / Kathleen A. Brosnan
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| Autore: |
Brosnan Kathleen A. <1960->
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| Titolo: |
Uniting mountain & plain [[electronic resource] ] : cities, law, and environmental change along the front range / / Kathleen A. Brosnan
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| Pubblicazione: | Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, c2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 978.8/83 |
| Soggetto topico: | City planning - Colorado |
| Soggetto geografico: | Denver (Colo.) History |
| Colorado Springs (Colo.) History | |
| Pueblo (Colo.) History | |
| Denver (Colo.) Economic conditions | |
| Colorado Springs (Colo.) Economic conditions | |
| Pueblo (Colo.) Economic conditions | |
| Denver (Colo.) Environmental conditions | |
| Colorado Springs (Colo.) Environmental conditions | |
| Pueblo (Colo.) Environmental conditions | |
| Note generali: | Based on author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-270) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Holding the purse strings : Denver emerges -- Vanquishing the Indians : Denver clears the plains -- Taming the desert : Denver turns to agriculture -- Creating a valuable niche : Colorado Springs and the tourist trade -- Forging steel : Pueblo's incomplete challenge -- Mastering nature : reality and illusion. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Shows how the people of Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo pushed their cities to the top of the new urban hierarchy following the discovery of gold, marginalizing the indigenous peoples. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Uniting mountain and plain |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Uniting mountain & plain |
| ISBN: | 1-283-63511-9 |
| 0-8263-2353-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781878503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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