01802cam a2200313 4500 545751860 TxAuBib 080418s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008017632 9780826333124 cloth : alk. paper 0826333125 cloth : alk. paper (OCoLC)226038185 DLC DLC YDX YDXCP BTCTA BAKER UKM DLC TxAuBib Abbott, Carl, 1944- How cities won the West : four centuries of urban change in western North America / Carl Abbott. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008. x, 347 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Histories of the American frontier Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-334) and index. 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. Cities and towns West (U.S.) Cities and towns Canada, Western. Metropolitan areas West (U.S.) Metropolitan areas Canada, Western. West (U.S) Economic conditions. West (U.S) Social life and customs. Histories of the American frontier. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0816/2008017632.html