Author : Carl Abbott
Release : 1993
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The Metropolitan Frontier by : Carl Abbott
Download or read book The Metropolitan Frontier written by Carl Abbott. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honolulu to Houston and from Fargo to Fairbanks to show how Western cities organize the region's vast spaces and connect them to the even larger sphere of the world economy. His survey moves from economic change to social and political response, examining the initial boom of the 1940s, the process of change in the following decades, and the ultimate impact of Western cities on their environments, on the Western regional character, and on national identity. Today, a.