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Cities and nature in the American West / edited by Char Miller ; design by Kathleen Szawiola.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Urban West.
- Urban West Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban ecology (Sociology)--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Urban ecology (Sociology).
- Urbanization--Environmental aspects--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Urbanization.
- City planning--Environmental aspects--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- City planning.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Nature.
- Environmentalism--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Environmentalism.
- Social change--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Social change.
- West (U.S.)--Environmental conditions.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- West (U.S.)--History, Local.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Reno, Nevada ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : University of Nevada Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In less than a century, the American West has transformed from a predominantly rural region to one where most people live in metropolitan centers. Cities and Nature in the American West offers provocative analyses of this transformation. Each essay explores the intersection of environmental, urban, and western history, providing a deeper understanding of the com- plex processes by which the urban West has shaped and been shaped by its sustaining environment. The book also considers how the West's urban development has altered the human experience and perception of nature, from the administration and marketing of national parks to the consumer roots of popular environ- mentalism; the politics of land and water use; and the challenges of environmental inequities. A number of essays address the cultural role of wilderness, nature, and such activities as camping. Others examine the increasingly per- vasive power of the West's urban areas and urbanites to redefine the very foundations and future of the American West.
- Contents:
- Into the West / Char Miller
- Land
- Sweetening the urban marketplace : California's Hawaiian outpost / Jessica Teisch
- Crabgrass or grapes : urban sprawl, agricultural persistence, and the fight for the Napa Valley / Kathleen A. Brosnan
- Natives' return : LBJ'S Texas White House and Lady Bird's wildflowers / Vera Norwood
- Water
- Fishy thinking : salmon and the persistence of history in urban environmental politics / Matthew Klingle
- One city, two rivers : Columbia and Willamette rivers in the environmental history of twentieth-century Portland, Oregon / William Lang
- Private water : the curious case of San Jose's water supply / Martin V. Melosi
- Campground
- Performing bears and packaged wilderness : reframing the history of national parks / Marguerite S. Shaffer
- The devil in the cathedral : sewage and garbage in Yosemite National Park / Craig E. Colten and Lary M. Dilsaver
- Sleeping outside : the political natures of urban camping / Phoebe S. Kropp Young
- City
- Boundary issues : clarifying New Orleans's murky edges / Ari Kelman
- The nature and business of war : drilling for oil in wartime Los Angeles / Sarah S. Elkind
- Stand by your brand : Vail, Colorado, and the consumer roots of popular environmentalism / William Philpott
- The whole Earth catalog, new games, and urban environmentalism / Andrew G. Kirk
- Escape to the West/return to the East : the lure of the city familiar / Joel A. Tarr.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780874178470
- 0874178479
- OCLC:
- 681764743
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