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245 10 a| How Cities Won the Westh| [electronic resource]:b| Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North America;

260 a| Albuquerque : b| University of New Mexico Press;

300 a| 357 p.b| illc| 09.000 x 06.000 in.;

440 0 a| Histories of the American Frontier Ser.;

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520 8 a| Annotationb| Cities rather than individual pioneers have been the driving force in the settlement and economic development of the western half of North America. Throughout the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, western urban centers served as starting points for conquest and settlement. As these frontier cities matured into metropolitan centers, they grew from imitators of eastern culture and outposts of eastern capital into independent sources of economic, cultural, and intellectual change.From the Gulf of Alaska to the Mississippi River and from the binational metropolis of San Diego-Tijuana to the Prairie Province capitals of Canada, Carl Abbott explores the complex urban history of western Canada and the United States. The evolution of western cities from stations for exploration and military occupation to contemporary entry points for migration and components of a global economy reminds us that it is cities that "won the West." And today, as cultural change increasingly moves from west to east, Abbott argues that the urban West represents a new center from which emerging patterns of behavior and changing customs will help to shape North America in the twenty-first century.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

650 4 a| West (U.s.)x| Social Life And Customs;

650 4 a| Metropolitan Areas;

650 4 a| Cities And Townsx| Canada;

650 4 a| Cities And Townsx| Growth;

650 4 a| Cities And Townsx| United States;

650 4 a| United Statesx| Economic Conditions;

650 4 a| Cities And Townsx| History;

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How Cities Won the West Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North America

Author/creator	Abbott, Carl Author
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press
Description	357 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	West (U.s.)--Social Life And Customs. Metropolitan Areas Cities And Towns--Canada. Cities And Towns--Growth. Cities And Towns--United States. United States--Economic Conditions. Cities And Towns--History.

Series	Histories of the American Frontier Ser.
Summary	Annotation Cities rather than individual pioneers have been the driving force in the settlement and economic development of the western half of North America. Throughout the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, western urban centers served as starting points for conquest and settlement. As these frontier cities matured into metropolitan centers, they grew from imitators of eastern culture and outposts of eastern capital into independent sources of economic, cultural, and intellectual change.From the Gulf of Alaska to the Mississippi River and from the binational metropolis of San Diego-Tijuana to the Prairie Province capitals of Canada, Carl Abbott explores the complex urban history of western Canada and the United States. The evolution of western cities from stations for exploration and military occupation to contemporary entry points for migration and components of a global economy reminds us that it is cities that "won the West." And today, as cultural change increasingly moves from west to east, Abbott argues that the urban West represents a new center from which emerging patterns of behavior and changing customs will help to shape North America in the twenty-first century.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9780826333131
ISBN	0826333133 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier#	9780826333131
Stock number	00027321

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