E-book
Desert visions and the making of Phoenix, 1860-2009
Record details
- ISBN: 0826348912
- ISBN: 9780826348913
- ISBN: 0826348920
- ISBN: 9780826348920
- ISBN: 0826348939
- ISBN: 9780826348937
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 459 pages) : illustrations, maps
remote - Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1. The first desert vision : an American Eden: Civilizing the desert : the initial phase ; Building the modern city : physical form and function ; Shaping the modern American city : social construction -- pt. 2. Creating and pursuing a new vision, 1940-60: Creating a new vision : the war and after ; Building a new politics ; Growing the city : economic, cultural, and spatial expansion -- pt. 3. Elaborating and modifying the high-tech suburban vision: From houses to communities : suburban growth in the postwar metropolis, 1945-80 ; Political change and changing policies in the 1960s and 1970s ; Changing the urban form : the politics of place and space ; An uncertain future : looking for a new vision -- Conclusion : desert vision, desert city. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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