Carl Abbott (1) (1944–)

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Carl Abbott is emeritus professor of urban studies and planning at Portland State University. He is the author of many articles and books, including How Cities Won the West: Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North America and several about Portland history, including Portland: Planning, mehr anzeigen Politics, and Growth in a Twentieth Century City; The Great Extravaganza: Portland's Lewis and Clark Exposition, and Greater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest. weniger anzeigen

Werke von Carl Abbott

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Colorado: A History Of The Centennial State (1982) 56 Exemplare

Portland in Three Centuries: The Place and the People (2011) 33 Exemplare

The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West (1993) 28 Exemplare

The Great Extravaganza: Portland and the Lewis and Clark Exposition (2003) 26 Exemplare

Greater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest (Metropolitan Portraits) (2001) 17 Exemplare

Portland, Gateway to the Northwest: Gateway to the Northwest (1985) 16 Exemplare

Political Terrain: Washington, D.C., from Tidewater Town to Global Metropolis (1999) 15 Exemplare

Frontiers Past And Future: Science Fiction And the American West (2006) 15 Exemplare

Urban America in the Modern Age: 1920 To the Present (1987) 15 Exemplare

Imagining Urban Futures: Cities in Science Fiction and What We Might Learn from Them (2016) 14 Exemplare

How Cities Won the West: Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North America (2008) 14 Exemplare

Portland: Politics, Planning, and Growth in a Twentieth-Century City (1983) 9 Exemplare

The American Journey: Update Edition, Combined Volume (5th Edition) (2009) 7 Exemplare

Imagined Frontiers: Contemporary America and Beyond (2015) 6 Exemplare

Planning the Oregon Way: A Twenty-Year Evaluation (1994) 4 Exemplare

Planning a New West: The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (Culture & Environment in the Pacific West Series.) (1997) 4 Exemplare

New Urban America (1981) 4 Exemplare

Boosters and Businessmen: Popular Economic Thought and Urban Growth in the Antebellum Middle West (1981) 1 Exemplar

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Planning and Urban Design Standards (2006) — Mitwirkender — 56 Exemplare

The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History (2013) — Mitwirkender — 26 Exemplare

The Atomic West (1998) — Mitwirkender — 23 Exemplare

The Portland Edge: Challenges And Successes In Growing Communities (2004) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 19 Exemplare

Cincinnati, Queen City of the West, 1819-1838 (1992) — Vorwort — 13 Exemplare

Parallel Destinies: Canadian-American Relations West of the Rockies (2002) — Mitwirkender — 8 Exemplare

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Rechtmäßiger Name: Abbott, Carl John
Geburtstag: 1944-12-03
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: USA
Geburtsort: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Wohnorte: Portland, Oregon, USA
Ausbildung: Swarthmore College (BA|1966)
University of Chicago (MA|1967)
University of Chicago (PhD|1971)
Berufe: Professor of Urban Studies and Planning
Organisationen: Portland State University
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
Social Science History Association

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Greater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the… von Carl Abbott

If there were an orientation kit for new Portlanders, this book would have to be in it. I read it within weeks of moving here, and it helped me understand the place, its history, and culture in a way that would have taken hours of conversation or research.

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stevepilsner | Jan 3, 2022 |

The American Journey, A History Textbook von David Goldfield

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ebeach | Mar 5, 2015 |

Political Terrain: Washington, D.C., from Tidewater… von Carl Abbott

This is an interesting and relatively comprehensive history of Washington DC. I've had to spend a lot of time in the District this spring/summer, and wanted to learn more about the place. There is a distinct shortage of overall books -- lots on individual neighborhoods and other specifics, but very few overviews. This one served my purpose, helping me to orient myself in time and place. The impact that the city's political vocation has had on its development is most interesting, and makes it quite different from most other American cities.… (mehr)

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annbury | Jul 13, 2013 |

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