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Urbanism And Empire In The Far West, 1840-1890 (The Urban West Series)
Eugene P. Moehring
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Hardcover. Reveals how Americans used cities and towns to build their Western empire, developing their urban centers with wealth from the hinterlands and supplying the growing population with foodstuffs and other resources from their rural tributaries, while at the same time using their regional connections as outlets for the goods and services of the cities. Num Pages: 440 pages, 8 illustrations 27 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 816.
Examining seven states of the Far West, this book reveals how Americans used cities and towns to build their Western empire, developing their urban centers with wealth from the hinterlands - San Fransisco, for example, built its initial fortune on the gold of the Mother Lode - and supplying their growing populations with foodstuffs and other essential resources from their rural tributaries, while at the same time using their regional connections as outlets for the goods and services of the cities.
Examining seven states of the Far West, this book reveals how Americans used cities and towns to build their Western empire, developing their urban centers with wealth from the hinterlands - San Fransisco, for example, built its initial fortune on the gold of the Mother Lode - and supplying their growing populations with foodstuffs and other essential resources from their rural tributaries, while at the same time using their regional connections as outlets for the goods and services of the cities.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874175653
SKU
V9780874175653
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99-15
About Eugene P. Moehring
Eugene P. Moehring is professor of history at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. He is also the author of Resort City in the Sunbelt: Las Vegas, 1930-2000 and of Urbanism and Empire in the Far West, 1840-1890 (both published by the University of Nevada Press). Michael S. Green is professor of history at the Community College of Southern ... Read more
Reviews for Urbanism And Empire In The Far West, 1840-1890 (The Urban West Series)
"This important book will fill a gap in the literature and, in its comprehensive treatment of the development of urban networks across all areas of the Far Western states, should become a definitive, much quoted work." - Timothy R. Mahoney, author of River Towns of the Great West: The Structure of Provincial Urbanization on the American Midwest, 1820-1870"