Urban West Series – serie
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9 produkter
Cities and Nature in the American West
Av Char Miller
Häftad, 2010
395 kr
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In less than a century, the American West has transformed from a predominantly rural region to one where most people live in metropolitan centers. Cities and Nature in the American West offers provocative analyses of this transformation. Each essay explores the intersection of environmental, urban, …
City Dreams, Country Schemes
Community and Identity in the American West
Av Kathleen A. Brosnan, Amy L. Scott
Häftad, 2013
440 kr
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The American West, from the beginning of Euro-American settlement, has been shaped by diverse ideas about how to utilize physical space and natural environments to create cohesive, sometimes exclusive community identities. When westerners developed their towns, they constructed spaces and cultural …
Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude
Urbanization and Cultural Conflict in the Great Basin
Av Dennis R. Judd, Stephanie L. Witt
Häftad, 2015
384 kr
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Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude explores the transformation of the largest desert in North America, the Great Basin, into America’s last urban frontier. In recent decades Las Vegas, Reno, Salt Lake City, and Boise have become the anchors for sprawling metropolitan regions. This population explosion …
Coveted Westside
How the Black Homeowners' Rights Movement Shaped Modern Los Angeles
Häftad, 2022
404 kr
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The Coveted Westside explores the middle-class African American-led movement to challenge housing discrimination, gain equal access to twentieth-century Los Angeles, and ward off resegregation. Black professionals, from actors to entrepreneurs to doctors, made the city's distinguished neighborhoods …
Three Years Our Mayor
George Moscone and the Making of Modern San Francisco
Häftad, 2025
629 kr
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Those who recognize Mayor George Moscone's name may think of him as the career politician who was assassinated along with Harvey Milk, but there was much more to this influential and fascinating man's story. He was a trailblazing progressive and powerful state legislator who was instrumental in …
Meet Me at the West Beach Café
Art, Restaurants, and the Rebirth of L.a.
Häftad, 2027
430 kr
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When fine dining met fine art, a new Los Angeles was born.Between 1979 and 1987, the city witnessed two cultural breakthroughs that may seem unrelated. A wave of bold, design‑forward restaurants helped launch the nationwide "New American" movement, serving innovative cuisine in sleek, modern spaces …
Meet Me at the West Beach Café
Art, Restaurants, and the Rebirth of L.a.
Inbunden, 2027
1272 kr
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When fine dining met fine art, a new Los Angeles was born.Between 1979 and 1987, the city witnessed two cultural breakthroughs that may seem unrelated. A wave of bold, design‑forward restaurants helped launch the nationwide "New American" movement, serving innovative cuisine in sleek, modern spaces …
Sacramento and the Catholic Church
Shaping a Capital City
Inbunden, 2008
453 kr
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This title presents a new role model for the study of urban development. The Sacramento metropolitan area has nearly two million people and is one of the most culturally diverse communities in the country. In its origins and growth, the city is a microcosm of urban development in the American West. …
Earning Power
Women and Work in Los Angeles, 1880-1930
Inbunden, 2010
453 kr
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The half-century between 1880 and 1930 saw rampant growth in many American cities and an equally rapid movement of women into the work force. In Los Angeles, the city not only grew from a dusty cow town to a major American metropolis but also offered its residents myriad new opportunities and …
