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Desert cities : the environmental history of Phoenix and Tucson / Michael F. Logan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Logan, Michael F., author.
- Series:
- History of the urban environment.
- History of the urban environment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human ecology--Arizona--Phoenix--History.
- Human ecology.
- Human ecology--Arizona--Tucson--History.
- Phoenix (Ariz.)--History.
- Phoenix (Ariz.).
- Tucson (Ariz.)--History.
- Tucson (Ariz.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 228 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- Examines the natural and economic resource competition between Phoenix and Tucson and the other factors contributing to the divergent growth of the two cities.
- Contents:
- Two rivers
- Dos Rios
- Indian rings, ditches, and railroads
- The duty of water and agrarian rivalry
- Where winter never comes, and the Mescalian could imbibe his fill
- Depression proof
- The air-conditioned capital of the world
- Leaving Tucson? Take a friend
- Fountains in the desert.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822971108
- 0822971100
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