Portland in Three Centuries: The Place and the People
Carl Abbott is professor of urban studies and planning at Portland State University. He is the author ofHow Cities Won the West: Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North Americaand several books about Portland history, includingPortland: Planning, Politics, and Growth in a Twentieth Century City; The Great Extravaganza: Portland's Lewis and Clark Exposition;andGreater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest.A now out-of-print pictorial history of the city,Portland: Gateway to the Northwest,was the basis for the much expanded narrative ofPortland in Three Centuries.