In less than a century, the American West has transformed from a predominantly rural region to one where most people live in metropolitan centers. Cities and Nature in the American West offers provocative analyses of this transformation. Each essay explores the intersection of environmental, urban, and western history, providing a deeper understanding of the com- plex processes by which the urban West has shaped and been shaped by its sustaining environment. The book also considers how the West's urban development has altered the human experience and perception of nature, from the administration and marketing of national parks to the consumer roots of popular environ- mentalism; the politics of land and water use; and the challenges of environmental inequities. A number of essays address the cultural role of wilderness, nature, and such activities as camping. Others examine the increasingly per- vasive power of the West's urban areas and urbanites to redefine the very foundations and future of the American West.
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INDEX
The page numbers in this index refer to the print edition of the book.
Abbott, Carl, 97
African Americans, 103, 198, 258
agriculture: northern California and, 35–37, 40, 43; Santa Clara County and, 35, 36, 37, 121, 122; Soil Conservation Service Land-Use Capability Criteria, 38. See also Hawaii; Napa County; sugar industry; wine industry
Alameda County, 36, 119
Albright, Horace M., 138, 143, 145
Alexander, Samuel, 19
Alexander & Baldwin, 23
Algren, Nelson, 257
Allaback, Sarah, 147, 162
Allied Growers, 41
aluminum, 103
Alviso water system, 126
Amazon.com, 82
American Association of Port Authorities, 108
American Canyon (Calif.), 35, 47
American Exposition and Oriental Fair, 100
American Green Party, 246
American Historical Association, 2
American River, 121
American Rivers environmental group, 82
America the Beautiful, 61, 64, 67
Anderson, Nels, 178
Andrews, Denise, 84
Andrews, Jean, 60
Arizona, 256–57
Association of Bay Area Governments, 35
Astoria (Ore.), 96–97
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, 139, 140
Atlantic Monthly, 84
Austin, 3, 7, 59, 64, 65, 66, 67
automobiles: camping and, 1920s to 1930s, 177–79, 180–83; traffic, Napa County, 47; traffic, Seattle, 86; Vail, Colo., and, 227–28, 230–31; Western reliance on, 4, 259
Baldwin, Henry, 19
Baldwin, J., 249
Bass, Rick, 1
Baumgartner, John, 210, 214
Bay Area, 154, 243; agriculture in, 35–37, 40, 43; New Games and, 244, 245, 246–...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Into the West
- Land
- Water
- Campground
- City
- Contributors
- Index
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