Uniting Mountain and Plain : Cities, Law, and Environmental Change along the Front Range.
Title:
Uniting Mountain and Plain : Cities, Law, and Environmental Change along the Front Range.
Author:
Brosnan, Kathleen A.
ISBN:
9780826323538
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (290 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1: HOLDING THE PURSE STRINGS: Denver Emerges -- 2: VANQUISHING THE INDIANS: Denver Clears the Plains -- 3: TAMING THE DESERT: Denver Turns to Agriculture -- 4: CREATING A VALUABLE NICHE: Colorado Springs and the Tourist Trade -- 5: FORGING STEEL: Pueblo's Incomplete Challenge -- 6: MASTERING NATURE: Reality and Illusion -- EPILOGUE: Losing Control -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
Shows how the people of Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo pushed their cities to the top of the new urban hierarchy following the discovery of gold, marginalizing the indigenous peoples.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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