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Desert Visions and the Making of Phoenix, 1860-2009.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vandermeer, Philip.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--United States--Growth--Case studies.
- City and town life--Arizona--Phoenix--History.
- City planning--Arizona--Phoenix--History.
- Phoenix (Ariz.)--Economic conditions.
- Phoenix (Ariz.)--History.
- Phoenix (Ariz.)--Politics and government.
- Phoenix (Ariz.)--Social conditions.
- Social change--Arizona--Phoenix--History.
- Local Subjects:
- Cities and towns--United States--Growth--Case studies.
- City and town life--Arizona--Phoenix--History.
- City planning--Arizona--Phoenix--History.
- Phoenix (Ariz.)--Economic conditions.
- Phoenix (Ariz.)--History.
- Phoenix (Ariz.)--Politics and government.
- Phoenix (Ariz.)--Social conditions.
- Social change--Arizona--Phoenix--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (479 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Through investigating Phoenix's struggle to become a major American metropolis, VanderMeer's study also offers a unique view of what it means to be a desert city.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The First Desert Vision: An American Eden; 1: Civilizing the Desert: The Initial Phase; 2: Building The Modern City: Physical Form and Function; 3: Shaping the Modern American City: Social Construction; Part II: Creating and Pursuing a New Vision, 1940-60; 4: Creating a New Vision: The War and After; 5: Building a New Politics; 6: Growing the City: Economic, Cultural, and Spatial Expansion; Part III: Elaborating and Modifying the High-Tech Suburban Vision
- 7: From Houses to Communities: Suburban Growth in the Postwar Metropolis, 1945-1980 8: Political Change and Changing Policies in the 1960's and 1970's; 9: Changing the Urban Form: The Politics of Place and Space; 10: An Uncertain Future: Looking for a New Vision; Conclusion: Desert Vision, Desert City; Notes; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- OCLC:
- 813396167
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