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BL
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700063
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b522252
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| Main Entry
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Abbott, Carl,1944-
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| Title & Author
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How cities won the West : : four centuries of urban change in western North America /\ Carl Abbott
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| Publication Statement
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Albuquerque :: University of New Mexico Press,, 2008
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| Series Statement
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Histories of the American frontier
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x, 347 p. :: ill., maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0826333125 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780826333124 (cloth : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-334) and index
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| Contents
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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
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Cities and towns-- Canada, Western-- Growth
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Cities and towns-- Canada, Western-- History
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Cities and towns-- West (U.S.)-- Growth
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Cities and towns-- West (U.S.)-- History
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Metropolitan areas-- Canada, Western-- History
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Metropolitan areas-- West (U.S.)-- Growth
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West (U.S.), Economic conditions
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West (U.S.), Social life and customs
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| Dewey Classification
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307.760978
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| LC Classification
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HT123.5.W48A33 2008
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HT123.5.W48A33 2008
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