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Urbanism and empire in the Far West, 1840-1890

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Moehring Eugene P.
Published: University of Nevada Press,
Publisher Address: Reno
Publication Dates: c2004.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: The urban West
Subjects:
Cities and towns > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
City and town life > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
West (U.S.) > History > 1848-1860.
West (U.S.) > History > 1860-1890.
West (U.S.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > Territorial expansion.
Carrier Form: xxx, 408 p.: ill., maps ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0874175658 (alk. paper)
9780874175653 (alk. paper)
Index Number: K712
CLC: K712.4
Call Number: K712.4/M693
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-390) and index.
Urbanism and empire -- Northern California: from gold rush to land rush -- Southern California: fashioning a Western Riviera -- Utah: Saints, gentiles, and the networking of Zion -- Nevada: treasure islands in the desert -- Oregon: pioneer fever in the rain belt -- Washington: Granary, Apple Barrel, and Woodland -- Idaho: ramifying mountains along the Nile -- Arizona: East of Eden, South of Zion-colonialism under siege -- Epilogue: Towns, the frontier, and the colonialism -- Appendix: Population, 1860-1890.

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