How cities won the West four centuries of urban change in western North America /

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Main Author: Abbott, Carl
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque [N.M.] : University of New Mexico Press, 2008.
Series:Histories of the American frontier.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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245 1 0 |a How cities won the West  |h [electronic resource] :  |b four centuries of urban change in western North America /  |c Carl Abbott. 
260 |a Albuquerque [N.M.] :  |b University of New Mexico Press,  |c 2008. 
300 |a x, 347 p. :  |b ill., maps. 
490 1 |a Histories of the American frontier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-334) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction.  |b Palo Alto, Calif. :  |c ebrary,  |d 2013.  |n Available via World Wide Web.  |n Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
650 0 |a Cities and towns  |z West (U.S.)  |x History. 
650 0 |a Cities and towns  |z West (U.S.)  |x Growth. 
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650 0 |a Metropolitan areas  |z West (U.S.)  |x Growth. 
650 0 |a Metropolitan areas  |z Canada, Western  |x History. 
651 0 |a West (U.S.)  |x Economic conditions. 
651 0 |a West (U.S.)  |x Social life and customs. 
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