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Brosnan, Kathleen A., 1960-

Uniting mountain & plain cities, law, and environmental change along the front range / [electronic resource] : Uniting mountain and plain Kathleen A. Brosnan. - 1st ed. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2002. - xii, 276 p. : ill., maps.

Based on author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-270) and index.

Introduction -- Holding the purse strings : Denver emerges -- Vanquishing the Indians : Denver clears the plains -- Taming the desert : Denver turns to agriculture -- Creating a valuable niche : Colorado Springs and the tourist trade -- Forging steel : Pueblo's incomplete challenge -- Mastering nature : reality and illusion.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
City planning--Colorado--Case studies.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Denver (Colo.)--History.
Colorado Springs (Colo.)--History.
Pueblo (Colo.)--History.
Denver (Colo.)--Economic conditions.
Colorado Springs (Colo.)--Economic conditions.
Pueblo (Colo.)--Economic conditions.
Denver (Colo.)--Environmental conditions.
Colorado Springs (Colo.)--Environmental conditions.
Pueblo (Colo.)--Environmental conditions.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F784.D457 / B76 2002eb

Dewey Class. No.: 978.8/83