Dallas Public Library

Desert visions and the making of Phoenix, 1860-2009, Philip VanderMeer

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-444) and index

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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index present

non fiction

Desert visions and the making of Phoenix, 1860-2009

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Philip VanderMeer

Civilizing the desert : the initial phase -- Building the modern city : physical form and function -- Shaping the modern American city : social construction -- Creating a new vision : the war and after -- Building a new politics -- Growing the city : economic, cultural, and spatial expansion -- From houses to communities : suburban growth in the postwar metropolis, 1945-80 -- Political change and changing policies in the 1960s and 1970s -- Changing the urban form : the politics of place and space -- An uncertain future : looking for a new vision