Main entry:

Reps, John W. (John William)

Title & Author:

Cities of the American West : a history of frontier urban planning / John W. Reps.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1979.

Description:

xii, 827 pages, 32 [i.e. 16] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 747-773) and index.
Machine derived contents note: Aleph Services -- Es wurden keine Services gefunden! -- © 2014 Ex Libris.
Cities on the way west : the beginning of urbanization in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys -- Spanish settlements in the southwest : evolution of policy, elements of colonization, and the first towns in New Mexico -- Spanish towns of the Texas frontier -- Expansion of the Spanish borderlands : urban settlement of Arizona and California in the Hispanic era -- Towns in transition : the southwest during the periods of Mexican control, Texas independence, and the early years of American settlement -- Northern California : urban planning and development in the post-Hispanic years -- Mining camps and towns of California and Nevada -- Urban growth and expansion in southern California during the post-Hispanic era -- Cities of Zion : origins of the Mormon west -- Cities of the Saints : Mormon town planning in the Great Basin kingdom -- Urban planning and development in the Pacific Northwest -- Urban planning on the central plains : the settlement of Nebraska -- The central plains : towns of Kansas -- Rush to the Rockies : Denver and the mining towns of Colorado -- The expanding mining frontier : camps and towns of Idaho, Montana, and South Dakota -- Railroads to the Rockies and the urban settlement of the central and northern Great Plains -- Railroad towns of the Mountain States and the southern plains -- Tracks and towns : railroads and urban growth in Texas and the southwest -- Rushing for land : Oklahoma's overnight cities -- The urban west at the end of the frontier era.
Albert J. Beveridge Award, 1980

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0691046484
9780691046488

Subject:

Cities and towns West (U.S.) History.
Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.)
Urbanization West (U.S.)
Villes États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire.
Urbanisation États-Unis (Ouest)
Cities and towns
Frontier and pioneer life
Urbanization
Geschichte
Stadt
Stedenbouw.
West United States
USA Weststaaten

Form/genre:

History
Illustrated works.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 25472
Call No.: PO6301; ID:88-B11636
Status: Available