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335| index Page numbers in italic text indicate illustrations. Abbey, edward, 159, 161 activism: Black Panthers, 201–2; civic, 198–202, 204–18, 228–29, 288, 319n17; environmental, 203–11, 231, 237–39, 310n6; Good Government League, 190, 199, 204, 212, 213, 216; labor, 65, 106–14, 198–202, 284 Adams, Robert, 221 African Americans: in California, 96–97, 186–87, 246; discrimination against, 224, 298n19; entrepreneurs , 101–2; housing and, 175, 228, 246; politics and, 205, 212–18, 270; in West, 138, 169, 175–76, 190, 195–202, 224, 287 agriculture: across Canadian-U.S. border , 11–12, 84; cooperative colonies, 89–95; irrigation and, 88–99, 158, 306n10; prominence in West, 12, 41, 45–46, 62, 88–99, 234–35; towns as centers for, 26–27, 45, 291n5; waning presence of, 257–58, 263 Alaska: development of, 172, 267; early settlement, 18; education in, 183; gold rush and, 64; military in, 179; oil economy and, 248, 260, 263, 285–86; in Pacific Rim economy, 58, 64; settlement, 17–19, 23; urban growth in, 178, 231, 260, 264; U.S. purchase of, 12, 18 Albuquerque: as economic center, 177, 179, 181, 183, 270; growth of, 125, 139, 232, 259; housing in, 139; immigration to, 228; landscape and, 39, 116; politics and reform in, 188, 189–90, 213, 215; population growth of, 260, 277, 312n6; railroad in, 128; segregation in, 218; settlement of, 25–26; tourism in, 116, 125, 150–51, 164 alcohol: prohibition of, 95, 143; as social “necessity,” 87, 135–36, 188; in Virginia City, 100–102. See also vice districts Anaconda (Mont.): as industrial city, 103–4 Anaya, Rudolfo, 150–51 Anchorage, growth of, 8, 179, 229, 317n18 annexation, U.S., 41–42, 69–70 Archer City (tex.), 256–57, 259 architecture: art deco, 73, 134, 278, 304n3; art moderne, 134, 278–80, 304n3; in the West, 119, 126, 138, 134–35, 144–45, 166–67, 207, 222, 226–27, 239, 241, 276, 279–80, 284, 304n3, 305n9, 318n9 Arizona: discrimination in, 82; population growth of, 9; retirement to, 277; tourism in, 115–31 passim; water management in, 91 art/artists, 183–84, 268–69, 280, 318n26 Asia: and economic ties, 1–2, 4, 9, 33, 55–73, 119, 165, 171, 210, 239–44, 248, 251–52, 253; as opportunity, 69, 237–55; war and, 178 | inDex 336 Asian Americans, 135, 138, 147, 196–98, 228, 298n15; discrimination and, 64–69, 154, 176, 298n19; labor immigration and, 55–69, 94–97, 215, 239–48, 287 Astoria (ore.): economy in, 22, 105; immigration to, 114; as port, 24, 41, 298n10 Atlanta, 230 Atlantic coast, 22–23, 42, 58, 70 Aurora (Colo.), 158, 166, 220 Austin: activism in, 207; education in, 183, 248, 271; growth of, 29, 224, 259, 285, 315n16; landscape and, 262, 277; population growth of, 183–85, 221, 277, 312n6; segregation in, 218; water rights and, 160; women in, 210 automobiles, 116, 123–30, 152, 165, 180, 221–24, 313n12; influence on urbanization of rural West, 256–65 Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 69 Bay Area: growth of, 166, 224; multicultural development, 2–3, 10, 65–73, 133–34; war economy in, 172–74 Bellevue (Wash.), 228, 243, 313n13, 313n16 Bellingham (Wash.): growth of, 31, 63, 100, 104, 317n18; race riot in, 269 Berkeley: as cultural center, 184, 206, 270, 280, 283; education in, 183; segregation in, 201 Billings (Mont.): growth of, 13, 48, 248, 276; immigration to, 12; railroad and, 33 Bisbee (Ariz.), 103–4, 110 Bismarck (n.Dak.): as central city, 5; immigration to, 12; manufacturing growth of, 46–48; population growth of, 47–48 Boise: boosterism and, 5, 47; economy in, 90, 183, 250–51; education in, 183; housing in, 139; landscape and, 276, 301n14; population growth of, 99, 312n6, 317n18; railroads and, 5, 6 boosterism: city image and, 125–31, 143–49, 257–70 passim, 279; western cities as central, 5–8, 31–32, 105, 115–31 passim, 237–40, 282, 285 borders: Canada-U.S., 11–12, 64–73; Louisiana Purchase, 41, 294n6; Mexico-U.S., 244–46; settling of, 42, 294n6, 294n7 Boulder (Colo.), 79, 99; education in, 183, 194, 283; environmentalism and, 310n6, 319n22 Britain: empire-building in north America, 18, 20–24, 45, 294n7 building types: commercial, 52, 84–85, 92, 100, 134–35, 224, 229–30; industrial, 21, 22, 50–51, 62, 103–14 passim, 134, 238, 258, 269–70; office, 50, 85, 134, 229–30; residential , 10, 17, 20, 23–29, 34, 67, 85, 96–97, 101–3...
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