City Dreams, Country Schemes Community and Identity in the American West

Name: City Dreams, Country Schemes Community and Identity in the American West
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ISBN: 9780874178517

ISBN-10: 0874178517

ISBN-13: 9780874178517

Edition: 2011

Authors: Kathleen A. Brosnan, Amy L. Scott

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The American West, from the beginning of Euro-American settlement, has been shaped by diverse ideas about how to utilize physical space and natural environments to create cohesive, sometimes exclusive community identities. When westerners developed their towns, they constructed spaces and cultural identities that reflected alternative understandings of modern urbanity. The essays inCity Dreams, Country Schemesutilize an interdisciplinary approach to explore the ways that westerners conceptualized, built, and inhabited urban, suburban, and exurban spaces in the twentieth century.The contributors examine such topics as the attractions of open space and rural gentrification in shaping urban…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Publication date: 10/11/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.40" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990