Desert cities: the environmental history of Phoenix and Tucson
In: History of the urban environment
In: Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ Series
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Desert Cities -- I. Origins: Prehistory-1890 -- 1. Two Rivers -- 2. Dos Rios -- 3. Indian Rings, Ditches, and Railroads -- II. Rivals: 1890-1930 -- 4. The Duty of Water and Agrarian Rivalry -- 5. Where Winter Never Comes, and the Mescalian Could Imbibe His Fill -- 6. Depression Proof -- III. Chosen Paths: 1940-1990 -- 7. The Air-Conditioned Capital of the World -- 8. Leaving Tucson? Take a Friend -- Epilogue: Fountains in the Desert -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
In: History of the urban environment
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