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Author Brosnan, Kathleen A., 1960-

Title Uniting mountain & plain [electronic resource] : cities, law, and environmental change along the front range / Kathleen A. Brosnan.

Imprint Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xii, 276 p. : ill., maps.
Note Based on author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-270) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Holding the purse strings : Denver emerges -- Vanquishing the Indians : Denver clears the plains -- Taming the desert : Denver turns to agriculture -- Creating a valuable niche : Colorado Springs and the tourist trade -- Forging steel : Pueblo's incomplete challenge -- Mastering nature : reality and illusion.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject City planning -- Colorado -- Case studies.
Denver (Colo.) -- History.
Colorado Springs (Colo.) -- History.
Pueblo (Colo.) -- History.
Denver (Colo.) -- Economic conditions.
Colorado Springs (Colo.) -- Economic conditions.
Pueblo (Colo.) -- Economic conditions.
Denver (Colo.) -- Environmental conditions.
Colorado Springs (Colo.) -- Environmental conditions.
Pueblo (Colo.) -- Environmental conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Spine Title Uniting mountain and plain
ISBN 0826323529 (alk. paper)
9780826323521
9780826323538 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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