How Cities Won the West : Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North America.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abbott, Carl (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, July 2010.
Colección:Histories of the American Frontier Ser.
Temas:
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.
Cities and towns
Cities and towns > Growth
Economic history
Manners and customs
Metropolitan areas
Metropolitan areas > Growth
West (U.S.) > Economic conditions.
West (U.S.) > Social life and customs.
Western Canada
West United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; INTRODUCTION: All Roads Lead to Fresno; 1: Outposts of Empires; TRANSITIONS: Building a West of Cities, 1840-1940; 2: Across the Wide Mississippi; 3: The First Pacific Century; 4: Inland Empire Cities; 5: Garden Cities; 6: Smokestack Frontiers; 7: Money in the Air; 8: Cities of Homes; 9: Water, Power, Progress; TRANSITIONS: The Metropolitan West since 1940; 10: Wars and Rumors of War; 11: Progress and Prejudice; 12: The Politics of Diversity; 13: Reshaping the Metropolis; 14: Transnational Urbanism.
  • 15: The Long Arm of the Metropolitan WestCONCLUSION: Urban Frontiers; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; Back Cover.

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