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001 2008017632
003 DLC
005 20130208132533.0
008 080418s2008 nmuab b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780826333124 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn226038185
035 $a(OCoLC)226038185
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050 00 $aHT123.5.W48$bA33 2008
082 00 $a307.760978$222
100 1 $aAbbott, Carl,$d1944-
245 10 $aHow cities won the West :$bfour centuries of urban change in western North America /$cCarl Abbott.
260 $aAlbuquerque :$bUniversity of New Mexico Press,$c2008.
300 $ax, 347 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aHistories of the American frontier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-334) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 $aCities and towns$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory.
650 0 $aCities and towns$zWest (U.S.)$xGrowth.
650 0 $aCities and towns$zCanada, Western$xHistory.
650 0 $aCities and towns$zCanada, Western$xGrowth.
650 0 $aMetropolitan areas$zWest (U.S.)$xGrowth.
650 0 $aMetropolitan areas$zCanada, Western$xHistory.
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$xSocial life and customs.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0816/2008017632.html