Title How cities won the West : four centuries of urban change in western North America / Carl Abbott

Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 347 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Histories of the American frontier Histories of the American frontier. Contents Introduction: 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-334) and index Notes English Print version record Subject 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 SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban. Cities and towns Cities and towns -- Growth Economic history Manners and customs Metropolitan areas Metropolitan areas -- Growth SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146149 West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs Subject Western Canada West United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780826333148 0826333141 1283635291 9781283635295

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