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City Dreams, Country Schemes: Community and Identity in the American West (The Urban West Series)
Kathleen A Brosnan
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Paperback. The visions that shaped development in the twentieth-century West Editor(s): Brosnan, Kathleen A.; Scott, Amy Louise. Series: The Urban West Series. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
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 identities that reflected alternative understandings of modern urbanity. The essays in City Dreams, Country Schemes utilize an interdisciplinary approach to explore the ways that westerners conceptualized, built, and inhabited urban, suburban, and exurban spaces in the twentieth century. The contributors examine such topics as the attractions of open space and rural gentrification in shaping urban development; the role of ... Read more
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 identities that reflected alternative understandings of modern urbanity. The essays in City Dreams, Country Schemes utilize an interdisciplinary approach to explore the ways that westerners conceptualized, built, and inhabited urban, suburban, and exurban spaces in the twentieth century. The contributors examine such topics as the attractions of open space and rural gentrification in shaping urban development; the role of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Series
The Urban West Series
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874178517
SKU
V9780874178517
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