How cities won the West
Subtitle: four centuries of urban change in western North America
By: Carl Abbott.
Series: Histories of the American frontier
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780826333124
Subjects: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: All roads lead to Fresno; title: Outposts of empires; title: Across the wide Mississippi; title: The first Pacific century; title: Inland empire cities; title: Garden cities; title: Smokestack frontiers; title: Money in the air; title: Cities of homes; title: Water, power, progress; title: Wars and rumors of war; title: Progress and prejudice; title: The politics of diversity; title: Reshaping the metropolis; title: Transnational urbanism; title: The long arm of the metropolitan west; title: Conclusion: Urban frontiers.