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Author VanderMeer, Philip R., 1947-

Title Desert visions and the making of Phoenix, 1860-2008 / Philip VanderMeer.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 459 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. 1. The first desert vision : an American Eden: Civilizing the desert : the initial phase ; Building the modern city : physical form and function ; Shaping the modern American city : social construction -- part 2. Creating and pursuing a new vision, 1940-60: Creating a new vision : the war and after ; Building a new politics ; Growing the city : economic, cultural, and spatial expansion -- part 3. Elaborating and modifying the high-tech suburban vision: From houses to communities : suburban growth in the postwar metropolis, 1945-80 ; Political change and changing policies in the 1960s and 1970s ; Changing the urban form : the politics of place and space ; An uncertain future : looking for a new vision -- Conclusion : desert vision, desert city.
Note Print version record.
Subject City and town life -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History.
City planning -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History.
Social change -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History.
Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth -- Case studies.
Phoenix (Ariz.) -- History.
Phoenix (Ariz.) -- Economic conditions.
Phoenix (Ariz.) -- Social conditions.
Phoenix (Ariz.) -- Politics and government.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Cities and towns -- Growth. (OCoLC)fst00861781
City and town life. (OCoLC)fst00862081
City planning. (OCoLC)fst00862177
Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Social change. (OCoLC)fst01122310
Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
Arizona -- Phoenix. (OCoLC)fst01213753
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: VanderMeer, Philip R., 1947- Desert visions and the making of Phoenix, 1860-2008. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010 (DLC) 2010033059
ISBN 9780826348937 (electronic bk.)
0826348939 (electronic bk.)
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