Title: Denver: Mining Camp to Metropolis
By: Stephen J. Leonard and Thomas J. Noel
This lively best seller by leading Colorado historians Steve Leonard
and Tom Noel is the most comprehensive survey ever written of the
Mile High metropolis. Informative and richly illustrated, Denver covers
the developing region from the mountain towns of Boulder and
Jefferson counties to the High Plains settlements of Adams and
Arapahoe counties, with more than two-thirds of the book devoted
to the burgeoning five-county region since 1900.
In retelling the tale of conquest and city building, the authors explore
the role of previously neglected peoples--notably women, ethnic minorities,
and the working class--while weaving several key themes throughout the
book: Denver’s persistent reliance on natural resources, the important role
of transportation to overcome the city’s isolation, and the city’s emphasis
on privatization rather than on the public, common good. Denver: Mining
Camp to Metropolis will fascinate and educated students and scholars,
as well as all readers curious about the boom-and-bust metropolis of the
Rockies.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado, Niwot, CO
ISBN: 0-87081-240-8
Copyright: 1990
Size/Format: 8” x 10”, softcover, 544 pages.
Condition: Very Good. Clean and crisp pages, no markings, a 1/2
closed tear on the flyleaf. Minor cover wear, no spine crease.
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