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Colorado : a history of the centennial state /

Since 1976 newcomers and natives alike have learned about the rich history of the magnificent place they call home from Colorado: A History of the Centennial State. In this revised edition, co-authors Carl Abbott, Stephen J. Leonard, and Thomas J. Noel incorporate more than a decade of new events, f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abbott, Carl, 1944-
Otros Autores: Leonard, Stephen J., 1941-, Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2005.
Edición:4th ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mountains and plains
  • The first Coloradans
  • New Mexico's northern frontier
  • The Pikes Peak gold rush
  • The era of the booster
  • Interlude : Coloradans in 1876
  • The bonanza years
  • The businessman's state
  • A generation of industrial warfare
  • Farming and ranching in the American desert
  • Women in politics and society
  • A diverse people
  • Scenery, health, and tourism
  • Denver : the Rocky Mountain metropolis
  • Interlude : Coloradans in 1917
  • The 1920s
  • The Great Depression
  • World War II
  • Postwar boom
  • Postwar politics and other diversions
  • Troubled times
  • Measuring the limits of growth
  • Economic peaks and valleys
  • Cultural and political wars
  • Colorado chronology
  • Colorado biographies
  • Colorado officials
  • Colorado facts and symbols
  • Colorado population and economic statistics.