Desert visions and the making of Phoenix, 1860-2008
By: Philip VanderMeer
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 459
ISBN-13: 9780826348913
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The first desert vision : an American Eden; title: Civilizing the desert : the initial phase; title: Building the modern city : physical form and function; title: Shaping the modern American city : social construction; title: pt. 2. Creating and pursuing a new vision, 1940-60; title: Creating a new vision : the war and after; title: Building a new politics; title: Growing the city : economic, cultural, and spatial expansion; title: pt. 3. Elaborating and modifying the high-tech suburban vision; title: From houses to communities : suburban growth in the postwar metropolis, 1945-80; title: Political change and changing policies in the 1960s and 1970s; title: Changing the urban form : the politics of place and space; title: An uncertain future : looking for a new vision; title: Conclusion: Desert vision, desert city.