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Desert visions and the making of Phoenix, 1860-2009
- Title
- Desert visions and the making of Phoenix, 1860-2009 / Philip VanderMeer.
- Author
- VanderMeer, Philip R., 1947-
- Publication
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 459 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Phoenix (Ariz.) > Politics and government
- City planning > Arizona > Phoenix > History
- Phoenix (Ariz.) > Economic conditions
- Cities and towns > United States > Growth > Case studies
- Phoenix (Ariz.) > History
- Phoenix (Ariz.) > Social conditions
- Social change > Arizona > Phoenix > History
- City and town life > Arizona > Phoenix > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- IXB (Phoenix) 11-3902
- ISBN
- 9780826348913 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0826348912 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010033059
- OCLC
- YBP 2010033059
- Author
- VanderMeer, Philip R., 1947-
- Title
- Desert visions and the making of Phoenix, 1860-2009 / Philip VanderMeer.
- Imprint
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- IXB (Phoenix) 11-3902