How cities won the West [[electronic resource] ] : four centuries of urban change in western North America / / Carl Abbott |
Autore | Abbott Carl |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 347 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 307.760978 |
Collana | Histories of the American frontier |
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 genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-63529-1
0-8263-3314-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453886403321 |
Abbott Carl | ||
Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How cities won the West [[electronic resource] ] : four centuries of urban change in western North America / / Carl Abbott |
Autore | Abbott Carl |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 347 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 307.760978 |
Collana | Histories of the American frontier |
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 |
ISBN |
1-283-63529-1
0-8263-3314-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782607003321 |
Abbott Carl | ||
Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
How cities won the West [[electronic resource] ] : four centuries of urban change in western North America / / Carl Abbott |
Autore | Abbott Carl |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 347 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 307.760978 |
Collana | Histories of the American frontier |
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 |
ISBN |
1-283-63529-1
0-8263-3314-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817557403321 |
Abbott Carl | ||
Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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