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Author VanderMeer, Philip R., 1947-

Title Desert visions and the making of Phoenix, 1860-2009 / Philip VanderMeer
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 459 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents pt. 1. The first desert vision : an American Eden: Civilizing the desert : the initial phase ; Building the modern city : physical form and function ; Shaping the modern American city : social construction -- pt. 2. Creating and pursuing a new vision, 1940-60: Creating a new vision : the war and after ; Building a new politics ; Growing the city : economic, cultural, and spatial expansion -- pt. 3. Elaborating and modifying the high-tech suburban vision: From houses to communities : suburban growth in the postwar metropolis, 1945-80 ; Political change and changing policies in the 1960s and 1970s ; Changing the urban form : the politics of place and space ; An uncertain future : looking for a new vision -- Conclusion : desert vision, desert city
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject City and town life -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History
City planning -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History
Social change -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History
Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth -- Case studies
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Cities and towns -- Growth
City and town life
City planning
Economic history
Politics and government
Social change
Social conditions
SUBJECT Phoenix (Ariz.) -- History
Phoenix (Ariz.) -- Economic conditions
Phoenix (Ariz.) -- Social conditions
Phoenix (Ariz.) -- Politics and government
Subject Arizona -- Phoenix
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010033059
ISBN 9780826348937
0826348939
9780826348920
0826348920