Cities on the plains : the evolution of urban Kansas / James R. Shortridge.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shortridge, James R., 1944-
Language:English
Published: [Lawrence, Kan.] : University Press of Kansas, [2004], ©2004.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > Kansas.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:xiv, 480 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Systems of cities on the plains
  • The river towns to 1860
  • Lawrence, Topeka, and the placement of public institutions, 1854-1866
  • Railroad promotion and a reconceptualization of urban Kansas, 1863-1880
  • Later railroads and railroad towns, 1877-1910
  • Mining, irrigation, and newer institutional towns, 1876-1950
  • Urban consolidation in a railroad mode, 1880-1950
  • Postindustrial Kansas I: the interstate cities since 1950
  • Postindustrial Kansas II: life beyond the exit ramps.