Bøker av Carl Abbott

Carl Abbott reports how Portland became a model of American urban planning.

?This is a brilliantly conceived, extremely thorough, and eminently satisfying piece of historical scholarship that successfully blends distinctive approaches--economic growth and the role of ideas--into the history of middle western cities. ... Particularly valuable is his closing chapter, which sorts out and analyzes the many strains of thought that made up the booster intellectual tradition; his examination of its relationship to the growth of the statistical method in the study of society is especially original.?-Wisconsin Magazine of History

Written for a mature audience with an interest in music, history and mystery, this historical novel investigates the subtleties of love, guilt and forgiveness, ambition and ego, the rewards of a personal adventure, the career of the real-life de Pachmann, and Europe on the verge of another world war.

Since 1976, newcomers and natives alike have learned about the rich history of the magnificent place they call home fromColorado: A History of the Centennial State. In the fifth edition, coauthors Carl Abbott, Stephen J. Leonard, and Thomas J. Noel incorporate recent events, scholarship, and insights about the state in an accessible volume that general readers and students will enjoy. The new edition tells of conflicts, shiftingalliances, and changing ways of life as Hispanic, European, and African American settlers flooded into a region that was already home to Native Americans. Providing a balanced treatment of the entire states historyfrom Grand Junction to Lamar and from Trinidad to Craigthe authors also reveal how Denver and its surrounding communities developed and gained influence.While continuing to elucidate the significant impact of mining, agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism on Colorado, the fifth edition broadens and focusesits coverage by consolidating material on Native Americans into one chapter and adding a new chapter on sports history. The authors also expand their discussion of the twentieth century with updated sections on the environment, economy, politics, and recent cultural conflicts.New illustrations, updated statistics, and an extensive bibliography including Internet resourcesenhance this edition.

This volume details the Lewis and Clark Exposition of 1905.