{"product_id":"city-dreams-country-schemes-kathleen-a-brosnan-9780874178517","title":"City Dreams, Country Schemes: Community and Identity in the American West","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe American West, from the beginning of Euro-American settlement, has been shaped by diverse ideas about how to utilize physical space and natural environments to create cohesive, sometimes exclusive community identities. When westerners developed their towns, they constructed spaces and cultural identities that reflected alternative understandings of modern urbanity. The essays in \u003ci\u003eCity Dreams, Country Schemes\u003c\/i\u003e utilize an interdisciplinary approach to explore the ways that westerners conceptualized, built, and inhabited urban, suburban, and exurban spaces in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors examine such topics as the attractions of open space and rural gentrification in shaping urban development; the role of tourism in developing national parks, historical sites, and California's Napa Valley; and the roles of public art, gender, and ethnicity in shaping urban centers. \u003ci\u003eCity Dreams, Country Schemes\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the values and expectations that have shaped the West and the lives of the people who inhabit it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen A. Brosnan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0874178517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874178517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nevada Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Kathleen A. Brosnan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48087031578879,"sku":"9780874178517","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_298b701b-9ccb-47ef-b409-cb747d29ac5d.jpg?v=1769097905","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/city-dreams-country-schemes-kathleen-a-brosnan-9780874178517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}