| Description |
xiv, 480 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-470) and index. |
| Contents |
Systems of cities on the plains -- The river towns to 1860 -- Lawrence, Topeka, and the placement of public institutions, 1854-1866 -- Railroad promotion and a reconceptualization of urban Kansas, 1863-1880 -- Later railroads and railroad towns, 1877-1910 -- Mining, irrigation, and newer institutional towns, 1876-1950 -- Urban consolidation in a railroad mode, 1880-1950 -- Postindustrial Kansas I : the interstate cities since 1950 -- Postindustrial Kansas II : life beyond the exit ramps. |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Kansas.
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| ISBN |
0700613129 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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