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

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Autor principal: Abbott, Carl
Autor corporatiu: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Albuquerque [N.M.] : University of New Mexico Press, 2008.
Col·lecció:Histories of the American frontier.
Matèries:
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.
West (U.S.) > Economic conditions.
West (U.S.) > Social life and customs.
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Taula de continguts:
  • 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.

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