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Uniting mountain & plain : cities, law, and environmental change along the front range /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brosnan, Kathleen A., 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2002]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
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.
City planning > Colorado > Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.