| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 278 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The urban West series
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Urban West.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Into the West / Char Miller -- Land -- Sweetening the urban marketplace : California's Hawaiian outpost / Jessica Teisch -- Crabgrass or grapes : urban sprawl, agricultural persistence, and the fight for the Napa Valley / Kathleen A. Brosnan -- Natives' return : LBJ'S Texas White House and Lady Bird's wildflowers / Vera Norwood -- Water -- Fishy thinking : salmon and the persistence of history in urban environmental politics / Matthew Klingle -- One city, two rivers : Columbia and Willamette rivers in the environmental history of twentieth-century Portland, Oregon / William Lang -- Private water : the curious case of San Jose's water supply / Martin V. Melosi -- Campground -- Performing bears and packaged wilderness : reframing the history of national parks / Marguerite S. Shaffer -- The devil in the cathedral : sewage and garbage in Yosemite National Park / Craig E. Colten and Lary M. Dilsaver -- Sleeping outside : the political natures of urban camping / Phoebe S. Kropp Young -- City -- Boundary issues : clarifying New Orleans's murky edges / Ari Kelman -- The nature and business of war : drilling for oil in wartime Los Angeles / Sarah S. Elkind -- Stand by your brand : Vail, Colorado, and the consumer roots of popular environmentalism / William Philpott -- The whole Earth catalog, new games, and urban environmentalism / Andrew G. Kirk -- Escape to the West/return to the East : the lure of the city familiar / Joel A. Tarr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Urban ecology (Sociology) |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Urbanization -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Urbanization -- Environmental aspects. |
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Urbanization. |
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City planning -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects. |
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on. |
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Environmentalism -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Environmentalism. |
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Social change -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Social change. |
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West (U.S.) -- Environmental conditions.
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West (U.S.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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West (U.S.) -- History, Local.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Local history.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Miller, Char, 1951-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cities and nature in the American West. Reno : University of Nevada Press, ©2010 9780874178241 (DLC) 2010014696 (OCoLC)608034007 |
| ISBN |
9780874178470 (electronic book) |
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0874178479 (electronic book) |
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9780874178241 |
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087417824X |
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